(1) Intensive Care Unit IV, Department of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera, Universitaria Pisana, Via Roma, 56100, Pisa, Rome, Italy;(2) Bariatric Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana, Rome, Italy;
Abstract:
Background
Thromboelastography is a technique that surveys the properties of viscoelastic blood clot. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the hypercoagulability state and the effect of antithrombotic prophylaxis on thromboelastogram (TEG) results in bariatric surgery.