Significance of preoperative screening of deep vein thrombosis and its indications for patients undergoing urological surgery.

Shuichi Tatarano Enokida Hideki Masaya Yonemori Rumiko Eura Hirofumi Yoshino Hiroaki Nishimura Yasutoshi Yamada Masayuki Nakagawa

Published in: Investigative and clinical urology (2022)

The incidence of pre-DVT was 6.3% in patients undergoing urological surgery. Elderly patients and/or a cutoff D-dimer level of 1.8 μg/mL might be good indications for pre-DVT screening by CUS.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
surgical site infection
risk factors
urinary tract
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
atrial fibrillation