I would not. You have an increased risk of forming a blood clot with that diagnosis and I would not risk having a pulmonary embolism for an elective operation. Now, if you have to have surgery because you have a cancer than of course you need to and take the extra precautions necessary to reduce your risk of a PE but for elective surgery we try to keep risk to a minimum.
Dear Jenny,The protein S deficiency makes you more susceptible to forming blood clots. A consultation with your hematologist along with their input will decide if it is indeed safe to proceed with surgery. They will make recommendations for using Lovenox or other anticoagulation therapy both pre and post-op.Best wishes,Dr. Taranow