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Current guidelines recommend individual risk stratification, chemoprophylaxis, and risk mitigation to prevent venous thromboembolism.

However, the evidence for efficacy is lacking in plastic surgery outpatients. Anticoagulation can cause bleeding.

Ultrasound technology offers a highly accurate screening method.

A prospective study was undertaken among 1000 consecutive cosmetic surgery outpatients who were scanned at three times: before surgery, the day after surgery, and 1 week after surgery (inclusion rate, 93 percent).

Intravenous sedation was used, with no muscle relaxation. Compression, Doppler color flow, and waveform analysis were performed on the deep veins of the lower extremities, including the calves.

Affected patients were followed with weekly scans. No chemoprophylaxis was ordered. Sequential compression devices were used during the first half of the study.