Association Between Preoperative D-dimer and Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Patients with Spine Tumors
Preoperative D-dimer is a sensitive but non-specific tool for predicting VTE in spine tumor patients. It may be more useful in predicting PE than DVT and may help guide anticoagulation prophylaxis.
Authors
- Eli Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1960-0789)
- Emmy Duerr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3874-124X)
- Tara Dalton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8047-4289)
- Seeley Yoo
- Julia B. Duvall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-9139)
- Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr
- Kerri-Anne Crowell
- Melissa Erickson
- Ramzy Ahmed
- Ezinne Oguguo
- C Rory Goodwin
- Brandon T Lee
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- Duke University Hospital (US)
- Duke Cancer Institute
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005626
- Primary Topic
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00