Variation in thromboembolic complications among patients undergoing commonly performed cancer operations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is widespread evidence that cancer confers an increased risk of deep venous thrombosis (DVT). This risk is thought to vary among different cancer types. The purpose of this study is to better define the incidence of thrombotic complications among patients undergoing surgical treatment for a spectrum of prevalent cancer diagnoses in contemporary practice.

Methods

All patients undergoing one of 11 cancer surgical operations (breast resection, hysterectomy, prostatectomy, colectomy, gastrectomy, lung resection, hepatectomy, pancreatectomy, cystectomy, esophagectomy, and nephrectomy) were identified by Current Procedural Terminology and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality

SUBMITTER: De Martino RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3339376 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature