The incidence of clinical postoperative thrombosis after gastric surgery for obesity during 16 years

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-335

  Eriksson, Staffan ^a   Backman, Lars ^a   Ljungström, Karl Gösta ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Dextran; Gastric restriction operation; Morbid obesity; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DEXTRAN; DEXTRAN 70; FATTY ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LEG THROMBOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH SURGERY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEXTRANS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBESITY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0030755255     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089297765555575     Document Type: Article

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