Therapeutic Effect of Low–Molecular Weight Heparin and Incidence of Lower Limb Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism After Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Abstract

Anti-Xa surveillance did not correlate strongly with outcome. Further studies are required for proper dose adjustments of low-molecular weight heparin in these obese patients and whether anti-Xa monitoring should be continued.