Mueez Waqar, Omar Yaseen, Annabel Chadwick, Jing Xian Lee, Ghazn Khan, D Gareth Evans, Daniel Horner, Archana Jaiswal, Simon Freeman, Rajiv Bhalla, Simon Lloyd, Charlotte Hammerbeck-Ward, Scott A Rutherford, Andrew T King, Omar N Pathmanaban
PURPOSE: There is no guidance surrounding postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis using pharmacological agents (chemoprophylaxis) in patients undergoing skull base surgery. The aim of this study was to compare VTE and intracranial haematoma rates after skull base surgery in patients treated with/without chemoprophylaxis. METHODS: Review of prospective quaternary centre database including adults undergoing first-time skull base surgery (2009-2020)...
April 3, 2024: Acta Neurochirurgica