Table 2.

The Results Regarding Postoperative LLVU^† and VTE^‡.

	Total (n=2071)	CG (n=875)	DG (n=1196)	p value
Number of postoperative LLVUs	266 (12.8%)	115 (13.1%)	151 (12.6%)	0.74
Symptomatic VTE
within 3 months from surgery	9 (0.4%)	7 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0.041
PE§	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)
proximal DVT||	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)
distal DVT	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0%)
within 6 months from surgery	13 (0.6%)	10 (1.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0.020
PE	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)
proximal DVT	5 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)
distal DVT	5 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0%)
Asymptomatic VTE
within 6 months from surgery	20 (1.0%)	3 (0.3%)	17 (1.4%)	0.012
PE	1 (0.05%)	0 (0%)	1 (0.1%)
proximal DVT	7 (0.3%)	0 (0%)	7 (0.6%)
distal DVT	12 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	9 (0.8%)

^†LLVU, lower limb venous ultrasound; ^‡VTE, venous thromboembolism; ^§PE, pulmonary embolism; ^||DVT, deep venous thromboembolism