Prevalence of deep venous thrombosis detected by ultrasonography before surgery in patients with gastric cancer: a retrospective study of 1140 consecutive patients.
Yutaka TanizawaEtsuro BandoTaiichi KawamuraMasanori TokunagaRie MakuuchiKei IidaKazuhide NanriMasashi YoneyamaMasanori TerashimaPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2016)
Female sex, older age, worse PS, the presence of CVC, and a history of preoperative chemotherapy were the independent risk factors for DVT. Routine lower-extremity venous ultrasonographic screening is useful for prevention of PTE because it can identify patients at high or low risk for PTE.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery bypass
- clinical practice
- computed tomography
- locally advanced
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance
- acute coronary syndrome
- contrast enhanced
- middle aged
- rectal cancer
- surgical site infection
- atrial fibrillation