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Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious complication of cosmetic surgery, and studies have suggested that the incidence is not insignificant in facelift surgery. Use of local anesthesia over general anesthesia and shorter operative times are probable contributing factors to lower VTE incidence. Because there have been no large-scale assessments of VTE in facelifts as such, we investigated...