Impact of routine preoperative sonographic screening with early intervention for deep venous thrombosis in lower extremities on preventing postoperative venous thromboembolism in patients with gastric cancer scheduled for minimally invasive surgery.
Kazumitsu SuzukiSusumu ShibasakiMasaya NakauchiKenichi NakamuraShingo AkimotoTsuyoshi TanakaKenji KikuchiKazuki InabaIchiro UyamaKouichi SudaPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2021)
Preoperative DVT screening using lower-extremity ultrasonography followed by preoperative anticoagulant therapy should be considered as a useful strategy to safely perform MIS for GC without increasing the incidence of VTE.