Symptomatic perioperative venous thromboembolism is a frequent complication in patients with a history of deep vein thrombosis.

Objectives: Patients who undergo surgery are at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), and a history of prior deep vein thrombosis (DVT) increases that risk. This study determined the incidence and risk factors for symptomatic perioperative VTE in patients with a prior diagnosis of DVT.

Methods: All lower extremity DVTs, diagnosed between January 2002 and December 2006, were identified through a vascular database.

Simplifying minimally invasive transhiatal esophagectomy with the inversion approach: Lessons learned from the first 20 cases.

Hypothesis: The laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy can be simplified and performed safely and effectively by using a novel esophageal inversion technique.

Design: Case series describing technique, initial experience, and learning curve with laparoscopic inversion esophagectomy.

Setting: Tertiary care university hospital and veteran's hospital.