Publication date: Nov 01, 2024
Although plastic surgery procedures generally demonstrate less than 2% incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) outcomes, the post-COVID era data remain elusive. This study sought to elucidate the relationship between COVID-19 infection and the risk of VTE outcomes across plastic surgery procedures. Plastic surgery procedures were identified in the 2012-2022 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databases. The outcomes of interest were the postoperative occurrence of VTE, defined as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), and postoperative complication. Propensity score matching was used to 1) compare overall rates of VTE between the pre-pandemic era and pandemic era cohorts and 2) compare rates of VTE and overall postoperative complications in cases with and without COVID-19 diagnosis in the years 2021-2022 (p
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | MESH | postoperative complications |
| disease | MESH | hypercoagulability |
| disease | MESH | venous thromboembolism |
| disease | MESH | infection |
| disease | IDO | quality |
| disease | MESH | deep vein thrombosis |
| disease | MESH | pulmonary embolism |