Short-term Perioperative Thromboprophylaxis After Major Abdominal Surgery

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Major abdominal surgery for cancer is major risk factor for thromboembolism. Patients who undergo major abdominal surgery are prone to develop venous thromboembolism, both in the early postoperative period and after hospital discharger. There are strong recommendations in the international guidelines in favor to pharmacological thromboprophylaxis. Thus there is no consensus dor the duration of the prophylaxis. There are authors that suggest extended prophylaxis up to 4 week after surgery. On the other hand, there are prospective randomized trials that inpatient (short-term up to 7-10 days) prophylaxis is adequate.

Detailed Description
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This is a retrospective cohort study with 89 patients who underwent major abdominal surgery for colorectal and gastric cancer. All patients received short term prophylaxis (during hospital stay only) rather than extended prophylaxis (4 weeks). All participants received duplex ultrasound in the study period for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.

Official Title
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Outcomes of Short-term Perioperative Thromboprophylaxis After Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery

Conditions
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Deep Vein Thrombosis

Intervention / Treatment
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* Diagnostic Test: Duplex Ultrasound


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Older than 18 Major abdominal surgery gor colorectal or gastric cancer Caprini Risk score less than 9 No history of anticoagulant treatment Thromboprophylaxis during hospital stay only Exclusion Criteria: Younger than 18 Caprini Risk score 9 and above History of anticogulants Not reachable by phone etc

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Retrospective Cohort
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: AllPatients<br>There is only one cohort in this study. They all received the same follow up and ultrasound protocol. | Diagnostic Test: Duplex Ultrasound<br>* Duplex Ultrasound was performed for every participants for the diagnosis of symptomatic or asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The incidence of thromboembolic events by radiological assessment | All patients in the cohort received short time prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis instead of prolonged duration. All patients will be assessed with ultrasound. | 3 years follow up | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rate of predisposing factors of the patients | The patients with deep vein thrombosis in the cohort will be assessed according to their postoperative period features, histories, chemo treatments etc. with and questionnaire. | 3 years follow up | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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deep vein thrombosis, short-term thromboprophylaxis