Mortality and fatal pulmonary embolism after primary total hip replacement. Results from a regional hip register

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 896-899

  Fender, D ^a,b   Harper, W M ^a   Thompson, J R ^a   Gregg, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030723731     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B6.7677     Document Type: Article

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