Skip to main content

Table 1 Incidence and type of perioperative VTE in patients with gynecologic disease

From: Risk factors for perioperative venous thromboembolism: A retrospective study in Japanese women with gynecologic diseases

 

Total VTE (n)

Preoperative (n)

Postoperative (n)

All gynecologic diseases (n = 1,232)

39

25

14

Benign diseases (n = 864)

7

3

4

Malignant diseases (n = 368)

32

22

10

Uterine cervical cancer (n = 100)

3

0

3

Endometrial cancer (n = 117)

3

1

2

Ovarian cancer/tubal cancer (n = 144)

26

21

5

Age, years (range)

60.6 (42-88)

58.0 (40-75)

BMI, kg/m2 (range)

21.7 (16.6-28.5)

22.2 (16.4-27.8)

Tumor diameter, cm (range)

16.9 (6-30)

10.3 (3-20)

  1. *: Significant difference by Student's t-test (p < 0.01)
  2. BMI: body mass index; VTE: venous thromboembolism.