Researchers performed retrospective longitudinal analysis of the 2005 to2010 California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Ambulatory Surgery Database. A total of 477,741 patients were analyzed, of whom 16,893 had undergone two concurrent procedures.
The 12-month venous thromboembolism rate:
• Was 0.57 percent for patients undergoing abdominoplasty
• Was 0.20 percent for liposuction
• Was 0.12 percent for breast procedures
• Was 0.32 percent for hernia repair
• Was 0.28 percent for face procedures
• Was 0.28 percent for thigh lift/brachioplasty
The study showed greater than additive 30-day and one-year venous thromboembolism rates among patients who underwent an abdominoplasty and liposuction — 0.68 percent and 0.81 percent, respectively, as well as a rate of 0.93 percent among those who underwent an abdominoplasty and hernia repair.
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