LEVEL OF D-DIMERS IN SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF SKIN BEFORE SURGERY AND IN POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD
We have studied D-dimers in blood of 39 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of skin, the patients’ age being 55 ± 3. The investigations were carried out before surgery, on the 1<sup>st</sup>, 5<sup>th</sup>, 7<sup>th</sup>, 10<sup>th </sup>postoperative days and 18 months after surgery. The obtained data provide evidence that squamous cell carcinoma of skin leads to an increase of the level of D-dimers in blood and surgical treatment does not result in correcting this index, thus the patients are considered to be at risk of blood clot formation. All these data should be taken into account in management of such patients.