Early postoperative COVID infection is associated with significantly increased risk of venous thromboembolism after metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Andrew P SandersR Wesley Vosburg

Published in: Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (2024)

Early postoperative coronavirus infection after MBS is associated with higher odds of postoperative VTE. This persisted on subset analyses of the 2 most common procedures and appeared particularly important for Roux-en-Y bypass. COVID infection after MBS may warrant prolonged VTE prophylaxis.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
patients undergoing
bariatric surgery
direct oral anticoagulants
sars cov
obese patients
gastric bypass
atrial fibrillation