Venous thromboembolism: risk factors in the sleeve gastrectomy era
Chao G, Montgomery J, Abou Azar S, Telem D. Venous thromboembolism: risk factors in the sleeve gastrectomy era. Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases 2021, 17: 1905-1911. PMID: 34389247, DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.06.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of VTEPostoperative venous thromboembolismBody mass indexVenous thromboembolismRisk factorsBlack patientsPreoperative body mass indexHigh-risk patientsBariatric Surgery AccreditationMultivariable logistic regressionVenous stasis diseaseQuality Improvement ProgramProlonged prophylaxisBariatric surgeryMultivariable analysisOperative timeMass indexOperative lengthProcedure typeWhite racePrevious historyPatientsSurgery dataLogistic regressionHealth equity