ASH evidence-based guidelines: what is the role of inferior vena cava filters in the perioperative prevention of venous thromboembolism in bariatric surgery patients?

Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2009:302-4. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2009.1.302.

Abstract

A 38-year-old morbidly obese male (BMI > 50 kg/m(2)) presents for an elective gastric bypass surgery. He has no personal or family history of venous thromboembolism or hypercoaguability. You are asked by his primary team whether he should receive a retrievable inferior vena cava filter preoperatively for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Device Removal
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Gastric Bypass*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / prevention & control
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk
  • Unnecessary Procedures
  • Vena Cava Filters* / adverse effects
  • Venous Thromboembolism / prevention & control*
  • Venous Thrombosis / epidemiology
  • Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control