Early Detection and Management of Venous Thrombosis in Skull Base Surgery: Role of Routine Doppler Ultrasound Monitoring.
Abdullah M AbunimerAsad M LakPaola CalvachiTimothy R SmithLinda S AglioKaith K AlmeftyIan F DunnWenya Linda BiSamuel Z GoldhaberOssama Al-MeftyPublished in: Neurosurgery (2022)
Routine postoperative venous ultrasound monitoring detects asymptomatic DVT guiding management. This is an alternative strategy to prescribing pharmacological VTE prophylaxis immediately after lengthy surgeries for intracranial tumors. Peripherally inserted central catheters were associated with subsegmental PE.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- clinical practice
- minimally invasive
- primary care
- venous thromboembolism
- patients undergoing
- coronary artery bypass
- emergency department
- computed tomography
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- atrial fibrillation
- surgical site infection
- adverse drug
- optic nerve