Effectiveness of an inferior vena caval filter as a preventive measure against pulmonary thromboembolism after abdominal surgery

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 821-824

  Yonezawa, Kei ^a,b   Yokoo, Naoki ^a   Yamaguchi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a Takayama Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b B 2 Heim Freuden Ichijouji ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; IVC filter; Pulmonary thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; UTERUS MYOMA; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 0032806673     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482338     Document Type: Article

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