Background. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a disorder with short-term mortality and long-term morbidity. Healthy patients\nsubmitted to elective aesthetic plastic surgeries (EAPS) have risk factors to develop VTE not well established yet.Theobjective of this\nstudy was to examine the incidence and risk factors forVTE in these patients. Methods. Longitudinal, prospective (minimum followup\nof 3 months), observational study. Comprehensive information on patient characteristics and surgeries performed was obtained.\nPreoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative risk factors were analyzed for their association with VTE. Results. A total of 1254\npatients were included in the study. Postoperative VTE occurred in 17 (1,35%) of patients. VTE was more frequent in patients more\nthan 40 years old (82.3%). Smoking, patients with 2 or 3 pregnancies, and hormone replacement therapy, and oral contraceptives use\npresents higher levels of VTE. In this study we have not found any correlation between liposuction, augmentation mammoplasty,\nmastopexy, and rhinoplasty as an isolated risk factor for VTE. Conclusions. The incidence of VTE in patients undergoing EAPS\nwas 1.35%. Patients with more than 40 years of age, tobacco users, patients with 2 or more pregnancies, and hormone replacement\ntherapy or oral contraceptives use presents higher levels of VTE.
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