Enoxaparin plus compression stockings compared with compression stockings alone in the prevention of venous thromboembolism after elective neurosurgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 80-85

  Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a   Piovella, Franco ^b   Buoncristiani, Pio ^a   Severi, Paolo ^c   Pini, Mario ^d   D'Angelo, Armando ^e   Beltrametti, Chiara ^b   Damiani, Marcello ^a   Andrioli, Gian Carlo ^c   Pugliese, Raffaelino ^b   Iorio, Alfonso ^a   Brambilla, Gianluigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BANDAGES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0032499921     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199807093390204     Document Type: Article

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