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Postoperative VTE rates were compared within and between OHNS subspecialties. Risk factors for VTE outcomes were assessed using univariable analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>277,187 patients (mean age 58.6\u2009\u00b1\u200918.7 years, 46.8% male) who had OHNS surgery were included. Postoperative VTE occurred in 1735 (0.63%) patients. VTE rates were highest in head and neck (1.3%), followed by laryngology (1.0%), rhinology (0.6%), facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (0.5%), otology (0.5%), and sleep surgery (0.3%). Differential VTE rates for procedural groups within each subspecialty were observed. The procedural groups with the highest VTE rates were free tissue transfer (6.1%), lateral skull base surgeries (4.4%), cricopharyngeal myotomies (3.1%), and anterior skull base surgeries (3.1%). Prior VTE (OR 12.3 [95% confidence interval, 11.2\u201013.4]) was the covariate with the highest risk for postoperative VTE.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although the overall VTE rate was low (0.6%), intersubspecialty and intrasubspecialty variation in VTE rates were observed, and a subset of OHNS procedures had substantially higher VTE risk. 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