Laura B Harrington, Luke Benz, Sebastien Haneuse, Eric Johnson, Karen J Coleman, Anita P Courcoulas, Robert A Li, Mary Kay Theis, Julie Cooper, Philip L Chin, Gary G Grinberg, Christopher R Daigle, Julietta H Chang, Scott S Um, Panduranga R Yenumula, Jorge Zelada Getty, David E Arterburn
PURPOSE: Bariatric surgery is associated with a greater venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk in the weeks following surgery, but the long-term risk of VTE is incompletely characterized. We evaluated bariatric surgery in relation to long-term VTE risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This population-based retrospective matched cohort study within three United States-based integrated health care systems included adults with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m2 who underwent bariatric surgery between January 2005 and September 2015 (n = 30,171), matched to nonsurgical patients on site, age, sex, BMI, diabetes, insulin use, race/ethnicity, comorbidity score, and health care utilization (n = 218,961)...
April 30, 2024: Obesity Surgery