ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2022
The Majority of Venous Thromboembolism Events Should Occur in Lower Risk Aesthetic Surgery Patients: A Simulation Study.
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- Abdominal Fascial Plication and the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Abdominoplasty Patients: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Annals of plastic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Institutional Review Board Approval of Plastic Surgery Studies: Why It Matters.Annals of plastic surgery · 2026Article
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- Decreasing Venous Thromboembolism With Anticoagulation in Plastic Surgery.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Commentary on: A Comprehensive Mechanical and Chemoprophylaxis Algorithm for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Lipoabdominoplasty.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2025Article
- Development of a Predictive Nomogram Model for Early Deep Vein Thrombosis in Postoperative Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Reconsidering the value of Caprini scores and venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk mitigation methods in plastic surgery patients.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2023Article
- Are Caprini Scores and Chemoprophylaxis Necessary to Reduce the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism after Abdominoplasty?Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
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Abstract
Evidence-based venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention among aesthetic patients is lacking. This study seeks to (1) quantify 2005 Caprini scores in primary breast augmentation patients, (2) determine the proportion of patients with potentially modifiable VTE risk factors, and (3) project, using Monte Carlo simulation, the expected distribution of Caprini scores among aesthetic surgery patients who develop VTE. Methods: The observational study (part 1) screened consecutive primary breast augmentation patients for VTE risk using the 2005 Caprini score. Aggregate scores were compiled, and the proportion of patients with potentially modifiable risk factors were identified. Part 2 used Monte Carlo simulation to generate risk score distributions for VTE events predicted to occur among randomly sampled patient cohorts with baseline Caprini risk profiles derived from the part 1 data. Results: One hundred patients had mean age of 35.7 years and mean body mass index of 23.8 kg/m Conclusions: The majority of breast augmentation patients in this study (96%) have 2005 Caprini scores ≤6. Twenty-eight percent of patients have potentially modifiable risk factors. The majority of patients with VTE after aesthetic surgery are expected to have lower Caprini risk scores.
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