Surgery As a Trigger for Incident Venous Thromboembolism: Results from a Population-Based Case-Crossover Study

Conclusions Major surgery was a trigger for VTE, but the association between surgery and VTE risk was in part explained by other VTE triggers often coexisting with surgery, particularly immobilization and infection.PMID:37736074 | PMC:PMC10511275 | DOI:10.1055/a-2159-9957

Source: Cancer Control - September 22, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dana Meknas Sigrid K Br ækkan John-Bjarne Hansen V ânia M Morelli Source Type: research