Incidence of venous thromboembolism following head and neck surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing surgery, but conflicting data exist on VTE risk in patients undergoing head and neck surgery for malignant and non-malignant conditions. Our aim was to examine the risk of VTE among patients with and without cancer undergoing head and neck surgery.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide cohort study to examine the risk of VTE among patients with an otolaryngological diagnosis using data from the Danish National Patient Register between 2010 and 2018. Analyses were stratified by cancer and anatomical areas of the surgical procedure.

Results

In total, 116,953 patients were included of whom 10% (n = 12,083) had active cancer. After 3 months, 1.2% of the patients

SUBMITTER: Albertsen IE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10562290 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature