Timing of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after surgery: meta-analysis.

Tino Singh Lauri I Lavikainen Alex L E Halme Riikka L Aaltonen Arnav Agarwal Marco H Blanker Kostiantyn Bolsunovskyi Rufus Cartwright Herney Andres García-Perdomo Rachel Gutschon Yung Lee Negar Pourjamal Robin W M Vernooij Philippe D Violette Jari K Haukka Gordon H Guyatt Kari A O Tikkinen

Published in: The British journal of surgery (2023)

Although nearly half of symptomatic VTE events in first 4 weeks occur during the first postoperative week, a substantial number of events occur several weeks after surgery. These data will inform clinicians and guideline developers about the duration of postoperative thromboprophylaxis.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
direct oral anticoagulants
systematic review
patients undergoing
gestational age
meta analyses
electronic health record
palliative care
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
case control
machine learning
deep learning
study protocol