Safety of Rivaroxaban for Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Following Abdominal Body Contouring Surgery: 600 Patients. 2021

Vasileios Vasilakis, and Bill G Kortesis, and Gaurav Bharti, and Matthew H Isakson, and Joseph P Hunstad

Reducing the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) following abdominal body contouring surgery remains a top priority for patient safety. There is a lack of consensus regarding the optimal chemoprophylactic agent for postoperative VTE prophylaxis, and the role of oral anticoagulants warrants further investigation. The aim of this multisurgeon, single-institution study was to determine the safety and efficacy of a 7-day postoperative rivaroxaban regimen for VTE prophylaxis in abdominal body contouring surgery. A retrospective chart review was performed of all patients who underwent abdominoplasty, circumferential body lift, fleur-de-lis panniculectomy, or circumferential fleur-de-lis panniculectomy at our surgical center from August 2014 to November 2019. A 7-day postoperative course of once-daily 10 mg rivaroxaban, starting on postoperative day 1, was administered to every patient unless there was a contraindication. The 2 primary endpoints were the incidence of VTE and bleeding events. A total of 600 patients were included in the study. There were no deaths. There were 4 (0.7%) incidents of VTE events: 2 (0.3%) patients suffered pulmonary embolus and 2 (0.3%) patients suffered a lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis. A total of 13 (2.2%) patients suffered complications related to bleeding. Of these, operative intervention for control and evacuation was required in 7 (1.2%) patients. A 7-day postoperative course of once-daily rivaroxaban for VTE risk reduction in abdominal body contouring surgery is associated with a low incidence of VTE events and a low risk of bleeding complications.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000069552 Rivaroxaban A morpholine and thiophene derivative that functions as a FACTOR XA INHIBITOR and is used in the treatment and prevention of DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS and PULMONARY EMBOLISM. It is also used for the prevention of STROKE and systemic embolization in patients with non-valvular ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, and for the prevention of atherothrombotic events in patients after an ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME. 5-chloro-N-(((5S)-2-oxo-3-(4-(3-oxomorpholin-4-yl)phenyl)-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl)methyl)thiophene-2-carboxamide,BAY 59-7939,Xarelto,BAY 59 7939,BAY 597939
D000073880 Body Contouring Plastic surgery to shape many areas of the body simultaneously. This may include LIPECTOMY or RHYTIDOPLASTY or both. Body Contour Surgery,Body Contouring Surgery,Body Lift Surgery,Body Contour Surgeries,Body Contouring Surgeries,Body Lift Surgeries,Contour Surgeries, Body,Contour Surgery, Body,Contouring Surgeries, Body,Contouring Surgery, Body,Contouring, Body,Lift Surgeries, Body,Lift Surgery, Body,Surgeries, Body Contour,Surgeries, Body Contouring,Surgeries, Body Lift,Surgery, Body Contour,Surgery, Body Contouring,Surgery, Body Lift
D000925 Anticoagulants Agents that prevent BLOOD CLOTTING. Anticoagulant Agent,Anticoagulant Drug,Anticoagulant,Anticoagulant Agents,Anticoagulant Drugs,Anticoagulation Agents,Indirect Thrombin Inhibitors,Agent, Anticoagulant,Agents, Anticoagulant,Agents, Anticoagulation,Drug, Anticoagulant,Drugs, Anticoagulant,Inhibitors, Indirect Thrombin,Thrombin Inhibitors, Indirect
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D054556 Venous Thromboembolism Obstruction of a vein or VEINS (embolism) by a blood clot (THROMBUS) in the blood stream. Thromboembolism, Venous

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