By Adam Karalus (Physician Assistant Student, Daemen College and Contributor to Vein News and VeinsVeinsVeins.com)
Deep vein thrombosis in plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery patients.
A study was done to determine those at risk for developing deep vein thrombosis in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
The study was published by Yago H and colleagies from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
The authors screened for deep vein thrombosis using Doppler ultrasound and this was repeated between 2 and 7 days postoperatively.
The authors found that mean age, body mass index and Caprini score and duration of surgery were significanty hiogher in patients who develped DVT.
Multivsriate regression analysis identified thst Caprini scores of 7-8 and > 8 were indipendenty associated with development of DVT.
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Hiroki Yago, Takashi Yamaki, Yumiko Sasaki, Kento Homma, Takatoshi Mizobuchi, Yuki Hasegawa, Atsuyoshi Osada and Hiroyuki Sakurai Application of Caprini Risk assessment model for evaluating ostoperative deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing plastic and reconstructive Surgery. Ann Vasc Surg 2020; 65: 82-89.
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