Pulmonary Embolism After Liver Resection

Beaujon Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pulmonary Embolism; Death; Thrombophilia; Liver Disease

Treatments: Radiation: Computed Tomography; Procedure: Liver resection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01486511

Beaujon

Details and patient eligibility

About

Major surgery is associated with a postoperative hypercoagulable state related to the surgical trauma that may lead to thromboembolic complications. To the investigators knowledge, only two series have reported the risk of PE after liver surgery with an incidence of up to 6.3% The purpose of this study is to identify the independent risk factors associated with the development of PE after elective liver surgery.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age >18 years
• Malignant liver diseases
• Benign liver diseases

Exclusion criteria

• Age <18 years
• Previous history of thromboembolic events
• Living Donor hepatectomies

Trial design

500 participants in 1 patient group

Liver resection patients

Description:

All patients that underwent elective liver resection for both malignant and benign diseases.

Treatment:

Procedure: Liver resection

Radiation: Computed Tomography