Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery Cuts Clotting Risk

Patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery had fewer clotting complications than patients with open colorectal surgeries, according to a report in the Archives of Surgery.

 

In a broad study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, venous thromboembolism occurred in 1.44 percent of patients who had open surgery but in only 0.83 percent of those having a colorectal resection laparoscopically.

 

Other VTE risk factors among colorectal surgery patients in the national administrative database study included inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, obesity and congestive heart failure.

 

Read the Archives of Surgery report on colorectal surgery.

 

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