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Experience of King Abdullah Medical City in Placement of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Prior to Bariatric Surgery in Extremely High-Risk Patients for Thromboembolic Events

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Introduction

Bariatric surgery is used to treat morbid obese patients. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is considered to be one of the leading causes of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Therefore, inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) is used to minimize the risk of VTE in high-risk patients.

Materials and Methods

Medical information was collected for the preoperative, operative and postoperative stages for all patients underwent bariatric surgery at KAMC from March 2013 to July 2017.

Results

Five cases with IVCF were included in this study. Age ranged from 35 to 66 years old; 4 (80%) were female. Preoperative body mass index ranged from 42 to 64 kg/m2. Postoperative findings were reported.

Conclusion

IVCF seems to be beneficial for patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the valuable assistance of Osamah Barasheed, MBBS, MPH, PhD, from the research center at KAMC-HC for his cooperation in building the manuscript.

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  1. College of Medicine, Umm Alqura University, Mecca, 24381, Saudi Arabia

    Bashar Babkour, Zeyad Alharbi, Abdulbasit S. Malibari, Muhjah Bukhari & Wijdan Alzamzami

  2. Radiology Department, King Abdullah Medical City in Holy Capital (KAMC-HC), Mecca, 24246, Saudi Arabia

    Sultan A. Almugbel

  3. Surgical Department, King Abdullah Medical City in Holy Capital (KAMC-HC), Mecca, 24246, Saudi Arabia

    Ali Almontashery

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Ethical approval was obtained from KAMC Institutional review board (IRB) (No: 17-361) on July 31, 2017.

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Babkour, B., Alharbi, Z., Almugbel, S.A. et al. Experience of King Abdullah Medical City in Placement of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Prior to Bariatric Surgery in Extremely High-Risk Patients for Thromboembolic Events. OBES SURG 30, 2050–2052 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-04281-w

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