Incidence, clinical characteristics and long-term prognosis of postoperative symptomatic venous thromboembolism: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence, clinical characteristics and prognosis of postoperative symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Japan.

Design

Retrospective observational study. Two data sets, Contemporary ManageMent AND outcomes in patients with Venous ThromboEmbolism (COMMAND VTE) Registry and Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA) annual report, were used for current analyses.

Setting

Eighteen of 29 centres participated in the COMMAND VTE Registry.

Participants

Acute symptomatic patients with VTE who had undergone surgery 2 months prior to the diagnosis at 18 centres from January 2010 to December 2013 were identified in the COMMAND VTE Registry. From each centre's JSA annual report, the overall population that had

SUBMITTER: Takeda C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8852734 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature