Population
112,538 patients who underwent elective primary and revisional bariatric surgery from the American College…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days postdischarge
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May support targeted postdischarge VTE prophylaxis in high-risk bariatric patients; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
A 10-variable risk assessment model can identify bariatric surgery patients at high risk for postdischarge VTE who may benefit from extended pharmacoprophylaxis.
Aminian et al. (2016) studied this question.
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