Evaluation of enoxaparin given before and after operation to prevent venous thromboembolism during digestive surgery: Play-the-winner designed study

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 584-589

  Bjerkeset, Ottar ^a   Larsen, Stig ^b   Reiertsen, Ola ^c  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Medstat Research   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0030998979     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900277     Document Type: Article

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