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Bleeding After Excision of Breast Lumps
- Source :
- The European Journal of Surgery. 168:401-403
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2002.
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Abstract
- Bleeding complications after excision of lumps in the breast are common and may be related to the prescription of heparin for prophylaxis of thrombo-embolism. Between I June 1997 and I January 2000, 206 lumps of the breast were removed in 186 patients. All patients received a low molecular weight heparin as a prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis. The number of bleeding complications was 23 (11%). Patients operated on the day of admission had more bleeding complications than those who were operated on the day after admission (19/145 (13%) compared with 4/61 (7%)). The difference was not significant (p = 0.26). Smoking and use of antihypertensive medication were registered more often in patients without bleeding complications. Lumpectomy of the breast is an operation with a lot of bleeding complications. This might be related to the timing of deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
Breast surgery
medicine.medical_treatment
Deep vein
Low molecular weight heparin
Breast Neoplasms
Postoperative Hemorrhage
Mastectomy, Segmental
Risk Assessment
Cohort Studies
Preoperative Care
medicine
Humans
skin and connective tissue diseases
Netherlands
Retrospective Studies
Venous Thrombosis
business.industry
Incidence
Anticoagulant
Lumpectomy
Breast lumps
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
medicine.disease
Thrombosis
Surgery
Venous thrombosis
medicine.anatomical_structure
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 11024151
- Volume :
- 168
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The European Journal of Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3a805f7de75e6b48d8f0c77eadcb086a