“…Patients should be screened by a cardiologist, as the often hypovascularized bone in Paget’s disease can lead to increased cardiac output with impaired cardiac function, 2 , 17 , 36 which might be even aggravated due to the frequently observed excessive blood loss during surgery in patients suffering from Paget’s Disease. 15 , 16 To reduce the risk of excessive blood loss during surgery, some authors advocated the use of anti-Pagetic treatment such as bisphosphonates and calcitonin before elective surgery, 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 35 , 41 although there is currently insufficient evidence to support this recommendation. 39 In any way, surgeons should be prepared to react to increased blood loss with the use of a cell saver system and blood products readily available on standby.…”