Post-operative hypercoagulable whole blood profiles in patients undergoing open thoracotomy vs video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) have a lower risk of thrombosis compared to those undergoing open thoracotomy (OT) which may be due to several post-operative factors such as early mobilisation, shorter hospital stays, lower transfusion rates and lower risk of infections. Whether the higher thrombotic risk after OT is also linked to a peri-operative hypercoagulable state is a matter of debate. We therefore conducted a case-control study to compare peri-operative coagulation profiles in patients with primary lung cancer undergoing VATS vs OT.

Materials and methods

All consecutive patients undergoing VATS or OT for primary lung cancer at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Padua University Hospital, Italy, between February and June 2

SUBMITTER: Spiezia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925226 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature