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Chemoprophylaxis after oncological resections

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Retrospective review assesses VTE incidence post major oncologic resections, suggesting chemoprophylaxis may be beneficial.

VTE incidence post-major oncologic resection was found to be 1.3%, indicating a low event rate.
Patients averaged 14.3 days after discharge for re-presentation, with 6 developing symptomatic VTE.
Retrospective chart review covered 458 patients, assessing rates of DVT and PE post-surgery.
Findings suggest that even without prophylaxis, symptomatic VTE rates are not higher than previous literature.

Sheldon et al. (2023) studied this question.

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