A randomized trial of low-dose heparin and intermittent pneumatic calf compression for the prevention of deep venous thrombosis after gynecologic oncology surgery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1146-1154

  Clarke Pearson, Daniel L ^a   Synan, Ingrid S ^a   Dodge, Richard ^b   Soper, John T ^a   Berchuck, Andrew ^a   Coleman, R Edward ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bleeding complications; intermittent pneumatic calf compression; low dose heparin; Venous thrombosis prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; G SUITS; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0027414610     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90360-U     Document Type: Article

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