The Prevalence of and Specific Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolic Disease Following Elective Spine Surgery

by Jason M. Sansone, Alejandro Munoz del Rio, and Paul A. Anderson

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 92(2):304-313

February 1, 2010

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Study selection criteria.

Jason M. Sansone et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:304-313

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Forest plot of the prevalence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) for each study.

Jason M. Sansone et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:304-313

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Funnel plot of the reported prevalence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) plotted against standard error.

Jason M. Sansone et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:304-313

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Forest plot of the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) for each study.

Jason M. Sansone et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:304-313

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Funnel plot of the reported prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) plotted against standard error.

Jason M. Sansone et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:304-313

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.