ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2026
Lower-extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis after Plastic Surgery: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in a Retrospective Case Series.
Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a significant complication in plastic surgery, particularly affecting the lower extremities. Understanding the associated characteristics can aid in developing effective prevention strategies. Methods: We conducted a retrospective, quality improvement-oriented case series of 5 ultrasound-confirmed symptomatic postoperative lower-extremity DVT events after plastic surgery under general anesthesia at a single institution (January 2020-May 2024). Among 39,055 general anesthesia procedures during the study period, de-identified records were reviewed for patient and procedural characteristics, prophylaxis and mobility pathways, duplex ultrasonography confirmation, management, and short-term outcomes. No non-DVT comparator cohort was extracted; analyses were descriptive and not intended for risk-factor inference. One patient with postoperative chest/back pain and transfer for suspected pulmonary embolism without in-hospital lower-extremity DVT confirmation was excluded from the final case series. Results: The 5 included cases were clinically heterogeneous and involved complex perioperative settings, including post-massive weight loss body contouring, craniofacial reconstruction with implant use, neurosurgical-related reconstruction, extensive head and neck lesion surgery, and posttraumatic facial reconstruction. All DVTs were confirmed by duplex Doppler ultrasonography, with thrombi involving the posterior tibial, peroneal, or calf muscular veins. Several cases involved prolonged procedures, reoperation for postoperative hematoma, or delayed mobilization. Postoperative anticoagulation was administered in most cases, whereas postoperative mechanical prophylaxis was not consistently documented. Conclusions: In a very low-frequency setting, this series highlights potentially actionable prevention gaps-especially postoperative mechanical prophylaxis and mobility disruptions-rather than establishing causal risk factors.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.