Assessment of Blood Transfusion Requirement in Patients on Therapeutic Anticoagulation and Vena Caval Filters Following Elective Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery: A MBSAQIP Analysis

Bleeding is one of the most common complications in bariatric surgery and has a risk of being catastrophic. As surgeons are encountering more patients on therapeutic anticoagulation and/or vena caval filters preoperatively, it may become an important consideration to identify the risk of blood transfusions postoperatively in patients undergoing elective bariatric surgery.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Bariatric and Foregut Source Type: research