Timing, Incidence and Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Malignancy: A Case for Extended Duration Pharmacological Prophylaxis

More than half of all venous thromboembolisms (55%) in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for malignancy occurred after discharge home and the mean time to venous thromboembolism diagnosis was 15.2 days postoperatively. It is reasonable to consider extended duration pharmacological prophylaxis (4 weeks) in this high risk surgical population.