Research Article

Actual Situation of Thromboembolic Prophylaxis in Obesity Surgery: Data of Quality Assurance in Bariatric Surgery in Germany

Table 5

Diagnosed events of VTE and PE during the first 90 postoperative days in dependence on operative procedure.

ProcedureNumber of patients ( )Number of VTE ( )VTE risk
(95% confidence interval) (%)
Number of patients ( )PE risk
(95% confidence interval) (%)

SG302630.10 (0.02–0.29)60.20 (0.07–0.43)
RYGBP490130.06 (0.01–0.18)30.06 (0.01–0.18)
GB273020.07 (0.01–0.26)10.04 (0.00–0.20)