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Table 1 Seven cases of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (DVT/PE) after appendectomy

From: Incidence of postsurgical pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis: a single-center retrospective observational study

Case

Age (years)

Sex

Operative time (min)

Diagnosis day

Symptoms

Types of thrombosis

Pre D-dimer (μg/ml)

Post D-dimer (μg/ml)

Diag D-dimer (μg/ml)

Case 1

42

Female

83

2POD

None

PE

1.1

6.4

9.0

Case 2

65

Female

94

3POD

None

PE

0.7

6.1

10.5

Case 3

77

Male

80

3POD

None

PE

6.0

8.1

23.3

Case 4

86

Male

129

6POD

None

Proximal DVT

1.0

3.4

10.3

Case 5

47

Female

98

6POD

Lower leg pain

Distal DVT, PE

1.2

5.2

NA

Case 6

82

Female

59

6POD

None

Distal DVT, PE

3.5

6.3

48.0

Case 7

58

Male

74

5POD

None

Distal DVT, PE

18.2

25.1

33.2

  1. Pre preoperative, Post postoperatively within 24 h, Diag diagnosis day, POD postoperative day, PE pulmonary embolism, NA D-dimer was not studied that day
  2. Cases are arranged as per their order of occurrence