Venous thromboembolic outcomes in patients with lymphedema and lipedema: An analysis from the National Inpatient Sample.
Muhammad Umar KhalidSameer PrasadaCourtney JenningsJohn R BartholomewMeghann McCarthyDeborah A HornacekDouglas JosephWei ChenGraham SchwarzRohan BhandariAyman ElbadawiScott J CameronPublished in: Vascular medicine (London, England) (2024)
In this hypothesis-generating study, lymphedema and lipedema show a positive association with VTE after adjusting for baseline patient characteristics such as obesity, which is a known independent risk factor for VTE. Mechanisms whereby lymphedema and lipedema are associated with VTE should be investigated.