Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism after Neurotologic Surgery

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Objective  This study aimed to determine the incidence of postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) in adults undergoing neurotologic surgery at a single center. Methods  The records of adults undergoing neurotologic surgery from August 2009 to December 2016 at a tertiary care hospital were reviewed for VTE within 30 postoperative days. Particular attention was focused on postoperative diagnosis codes, imaging, and a keyword search of postoperative notes. Caprini risk scores were calculated. Results  Among 387 patients, 5 experienced postoperative VTE including 3 cases of pulmonary embolism (PE) and 2 cases of isolated deep vein thrombosis (DVT). All patients were given sequential compression devices perioperatively, and none received preoperative chemoprophylaxis. Patients with Caprini score > 8 had a significantly higher rate of VTE compared with those < 8 (12.5 vs. 1%, p  = 0.004). Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed the Caprini risk assessment model to be a fair predictor of VTE, with a C-statistic of 0.70 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.49-0.92). Conclusion  While no specific validated VTE risk stratification scheme has been widely accepted for patients undergoing neurotologic surgery, the Caprini score appears to be a useful predictor of risk. The benefits of chemoprophylaxis should be balanced with the risks of intraoperative bleeding, as well as the potential for postoperative intracranial hemorrhage.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base - 82(2021), 3 vom: 19. Juni, Seite 378-382

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ali, Noor-E-Seher [VerfasserIn]
Alyono, Jennifer C [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yohan [VerfasserIn]
Kouhi, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Blevins, Nikolas H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Caprini score
Deep venous thrombosis
Journal Article
Neurotologic surgery
Pulmonary embolism
Venous thromboembolism

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1055/s-0039-3400223

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325756910