Postoperative venous thromboembolism predicts survi... [Ann Surg. 2012]
OBJECTIVES:
To determine whether a postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with a worse prognosis and/or a more advanced cancer stage and to evaluate the association between a postoperative VTE and cancer-specific survival when known prognostic factors, such as age, stage, cancer type, and type of surgery, are controlled.CONCLUSIONS: