Lack of extended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in high-risk patients undergoing major orthopaedic or major cancer surgery

A. Siebenrock, Klaus; Metzger, U; Tuor, Philipp; Sterzing, Daniel; Oehy, K; Wondberg, Daniela; Mouhsine, E.; Gautier, Emanuel; Kalka, Christoph; Spirk, David; Kucher, Nils

doi:10.1160/th09-02-0097

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Lack of extended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in high-risk patients undergoing major orthopaedic or major cancer surgery

Published in Thrombosis and Haemostasis • Jan 1, 2009

Authors:

Klaus A. Siebenrock

U Metzger

Philipp Tuor

Abstract

Extended pharmacological venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis beyond discharge is recommended for patients undergoing high-risk surgery. We prospectively investigated prophylaxis in 1,046 consecutive patients undergoing major orthopaedic (70%) or major cancer surgery (30%) in 14 Swiss hospitals....

Subject

Medicine

Interquartile range

Surgery

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