Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Dąbrowiecki S

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• Research Article
  Risk of Thromboembolic Complications in Morbidly Obese Patients Treated with Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
  Author(s): Iwan-Ziętek I, Dąbrowiecki S, Rość D, Zietek-Czeszak A and Zietek ZIwan-Ziętek I, Dąbrowiecki S, Rość D, Zietek-Czeszak A and Zietek Z
  
  Purpose: The obesity is a metabolic disturbance which is associated with blood hypercoagulability. The purpose of the study was to evaluate if the bariatric procedure increases the risk of thromboembolic complications in morbidly obese patients. Methods: The study involved 38 patients with BMI over 35 who underwent laparoscopic gastric banding. The reference group consisted of 30 surgical patients. The following parameters were examined: Tissue Factor (TF) antigen (TF: Ag) and activity (TF: Ac), its inhibitor - Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (TFPI) antigen (TFPI: Ag) and activity (TFPI: Ac), concentration of thrombin/antithrombin complexes (TAT) and activity of antithrombin (AT). Results: Bariatrics patients had significantly higher levels of TF: Ag (151,9)(p<0.04) and TF: Ac (1,42)(p<0.05) in comparison with reference group (91,3 and 0.1 respectively). Similar was with TFPI, wher.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.10001131

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