Background and objective.

Liposuction is the second most frequent surgery in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Among its major complications is deep vein thrombosis (prevalence of 0.06%), while pulmonary thromboembolism represents 23% of deaths in liposuction. Although there are different scales to stratify the risk of thrombosis, the best known being the Caprini score (year 2005), none is specific for liposuction.

Our objective is to carry out a bibliographic review on the risk stratification of venous thromboembolic disease in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery patients who underwent liposuction, in order to generate scientific evidence that contributes to the decision-making of plastic surgeons.

Methods.

Narrative review through a bibliographic search carried out in Pubmed and Google Scholar with the keywords "thromboembolism", "thrombosis" and "liposuction" of the articles published in the last 5 years. The variables analyzed were risk factors included in Caprini 2005, in addition to other factors analyzed for liposuction not included in Caprini 2005.

Results.

We obtained a total of 11 articles which describe the following risk factors for liposuction surgeries included in Caprini 2005: age, hormone replacement therapy, family history of thrombosis, body mass index and surgical time. In addition, they mention the following factors not included in Caprini: lipoaspirated volume, type of anesthesia, patient gender, place of surgery and association of procedures.

Conclusions.

The number of articles that analyze the influence of risk factors for venous thromboembolic disease only in liposuction is limited. Although Caprini 2005 is an accepted method to stratify the individual risk of patients for liposuction, we believe that the risk factors described for liposuction that do not appear in said score should also be considered.

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