Incidence of deep venous thrombosis in patients undergoing obesity surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 470-473

  Westling, Agneta ^a   Bergqvist, David ^a   Boström, Annika ^a   Karacagil, Sadettin ^a   Gustavsson, Sven ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; DEXTRAN 70; ENOXAPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH BYPASS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036550743     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0251-9     Document Type: Article

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