Thromboembolic prophylaxis as a risk factor for postoperative complications after breast cancer surgery
| Autor: | E. Friis, B. Pilsgaard, Lars Johansen, Peer Wille-Jørgensen, J. Hørby, Torben Jørgensen, Lars Tue Sørensen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Deep vein Contusions Postoperative hematoma Breast Neoplasms Hematoma Breast cancer Postoperative Complications Risk Factors medicine Humans Venous Thrombosis business.industry Anticoagulants Perioperative Heparin Low-Molecular-Weight medicine.disease Thrombosis Surgery Pulmonary embolism medicine.anatomical_structure Logistic Models Embolism Anesthesia Female business |
| Zdroj: | World journal of surgery. 28(6) |
| ISSN: | 0364-2313 |
| Popis: | Hematoma and bruising (sugillation) are frequent problems after operations for primary breast cancer. In the present study we evaluated the influence of various methods of perioperative thromboembolic prophylaxis on the postoperative incidence of hematoma and suggilation. From June 1994 through August 1996, a series of 425 patients consecutively operated on for primary breast cancer were included. Thromboembolic prophylaxis was low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) in 310 patients and thigh-long graded compression (TED) stockings in 102 patients. Postoperative complications including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, wound hematoma, and sugillation were recorded, and 17 variables with a potential influence on complications were analyzed by logistic regression analysis. Heparin prophylaxis compared to prophylaxis with TED stockings was significantly and independently associated with postoperative hematoma [odds ratio (OR) 3, 13; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.38–7.13] or sugillation (OR 3.34; 95% CI 1.93–5.78). No clinically overt thromboembolic complications were diagnosed. After operations for breast cancer we found that LMWH was significantly associated with postoperative hematoma and sugillation compared to TED stockings for perioperative thromboembolic prophylaxis. |
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