Clinical analysis of preoperative deep vein thrombosis risk factors in patients with colorectal cancer: Retrospective observational study.
Kazuya NakagawaJun WatanabeYusuke SuwaShinsuke SuzukiAtsushi IshibeMitsuyoshi OtaChikara KunisakiItraru EndoPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2019)
A high prevalence (13.5%) of preoperative DVT was found in patients admitted to the hospital for CRC surgery. The present results suggest that instrumental screening should be encouraged, at least in subgroups at a higher risk of preoperative DVT.