A comparison of intermittent calf compression and enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis in total hip replacement - A pilot study

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 367-369

  Stone, M H ^a   Limb, D ^a,b   Campbell, P ^a   Stead, D ^a   Culleton, G ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BANDAGES; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030454027     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050099     Document Type: Article

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