ArticleNeurosurgery practice2024
Intraoperative Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Reduces Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy: Study Protocol of a Randomized Multicenter, Single-Blind Trial.
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objectiveVenous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a common complication in craniotomy patients. The duration of surgery has been identified as a risk factor for the development of VTE. In a pilot study, the use of intermittent pneumatic venous compression (IPC) dramatically reduced the incidence of VTE. Despite randomization, a significant difference in the duration of surgery between the groups limited the validity of this result. The study was underpowered to compensate for this problem. We now present the protocol of a multicenter trial.
methodsAll patients receive medical compression stockings and low-molecular-weight heparin from the first postoperative day. The therapy group receives IPC stockings intraoperatively. Postoperatively, all patients receive lower-extremity duplex sonography to detect/exclude DVT within the first 7 postoperative days. Contrast-enhanced chest CT is the gold standard for the detection of PE and is performed in cases of clinical suspicion of PE. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: The incidence of VTE is the primary end point. The distinction between symptomatic and asymptomatic, etiologies, influence of lesion type, duration of surgery, and mortality will be evaluated as secondary end points. The pilot study showed a VTE incidence of 26% in the control group vs 7% in the treatment group. To avoid overly optimistic treatment effect assumptions, we assume VTE rates of 9% and 24% in the treatment and control groups, respectively, and thus calculated a number of 127 patients per treatment group. DISCUSSION: If this trial shows that intraoperative IPC reduces the risk of VTE to the extent observed in our pilot study (number needed to treat: 5.24), the potential benefit to neurosurgical patients would be significant. The results would potentially influence treatment guidelines by providing the high-quality evidence needed to make robust recommendations.
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