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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Nov;128(5):1093–1103. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31822b6817

Table 4.

Rate of VTE stratified by procedure type.

Procedure Type Number of patients Rate of VTE (N)
Upper extremity reconstruction 494 1.21% (6 patients)
Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction (implant or autologous tissue) 846 0.71% (6 patients)
Breast reduction 302 0.66% (2 patients)
Cosmetic breast surgery 39 0
Body contouring (non post- bariatric) 153 0
Body contouring (post- bariatric) 229 0
Non-trauma lower extremity reconstruction 263 0.76% (2 patients)
Head and neck reconstruction 421 1.66% (7 patients)
Chest/abdominal wall/back reconstruction 301 3.99% (12 patients)
Burn reconstruction 31 3.23% (1 patient)
Decubitus ulcers (debridement or reconstruction) 232 2.16% (5 patients)
Facial cosmetic surgery 70 0
Microsurgery/free tissue transfer 218 2.29% (5 patients)
Genitourinary reconstruction 58 1.72% (1 patient)