Open AccessIndependent Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Reconstructive Breast Cancer Surgery
Author(s) -
Maria Castaldi,
Geena George,
Christy Stoller,
Afshin Parsikia,
John McNelis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2292-5511
pISSN - 2292-5503
DOI - 10.1177/2292550320967397
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , breast cancer , lumpectomy , odds ratio , breast reconstruction , pulmonary embolism , current procedural terminology , logistic regression , deep vein , surgery , cancer , thrombosis
Breast cancer is a hypercoagulable state and predisposes patients to venous thromboembolism (VTE). We sought to determine independent risk factors for VTE post-surgical treatment for breast cancer using a national risk adjusted database.
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