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Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in plastic surgery: state of the art and our approach

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VTE; Thromboembolism; Plastic surgery; Prophylaxis; Guideline; Venous thromboembolism; Chemoprevention; Risk assessment

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The issue of preventing thromboembolism in plastic surgery is controversial, with surgeons hesitating to adopt chemoprophylaxis due to fear of increased bleeding. The lack of high-level evidence in plastic surgery literature for VTE prophylaxis highlights the need for an international guideline based on validated risk assessment models to integrate surgical and patient-related risks.
OBJECTIVE: The issue of prevention of thromboembolism in plastic surgery is a rather controversial subject. The actual frequency of VTE among plastic surgery patients is probably higher than we know. Although several studies have shown that chemoprophylaxis likely increases rates of re-operative hematoma by less than one percent, surgeons are strongly resistant to adopting chemoprophylaxis due to the fear of increased bleeding and its complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A literature review was conducted. The 2012 ACCP guidelines suggest the use of the 2005 Caprini score as the most widely used and well-validated individualized risk-stratification tool. We propose a modified 2005 Caprini score, with specific changes pertaining to plastic surgery, in which we combine a patient risk stratification model and a procedure-driven approach explicitly indicating what procedures have to be considered at high or low risk. RESULTS: The risk of venous thromboembolism in plastic surgery cannot be disregarded. However, the plastic surgery literature still lacks high-level evidence for appropriate means of VTE prophylaxis. although an increasing amount of attention has been paid to the topic. We suggest the development of an international guideline, based on plastic surgical data. using a validated risk assessment model, which combines the surgical risk with the patient related risk. CONCLUSIONS: Determining the proper venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is a clinical decision that should be made on a patient-to-patient basis. The algorithm presented in this article is meant to simplify this complex problem and to help expedite and clarify the decision-making process.

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