Significance of preoperative screening of deep vein thrombosis and its indications for patients undergoing urological surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Preoperative deep vein thrombosis (pre-DVT) is a risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) and a serious postoperative surgical complication. However, little is known about pre-DVT in patients undergoing surgery. This study aimed to investigate the incidence and screening criteria of pre-DVT in patients undergoing urological surgery.

Materials and methods

Between 2015 and 2017, 320 patients admitted to our hospital for urological surgery were included in this retrospective study. All patients underwent preoperative D-dimer testing. Patients with elevated D-dimer (≥1.0 μg/mL) levels underwent lower-limb compression ultrasonography (CUS). Clinical parameters were analyzed as predictors of pre-DVT, and modest cutoff value of D-dimer to predict pre-DVT were evalua

SUBMITTER: Tatarano S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7940859 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature