Pre, intra, and/or Post-operative arterial and venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for breast surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Summary: Both thromboembolism and excessive bleeding following breast surgery could result in multiple surgical procedures, breast reconstruction failure, or even mortality. This systematic review and meta-analysis of 5617 female breast surgery patients compared pharmacologic prophylaxis to non-pharmacologic prophylaxis interventions during the pre, intra, and/or post-operative time points and evaluated associated outcomes and complications. The PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases were systematically and independently searched.
Source: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research