Foot pump prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis - Rate of effective usage following knee and hip arthroplasty

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 208-210

  Charalambous, C ^a,c   Cleanthous, S ^a   Tryfonidis, M ^a   Goel, A ^a   Swindell, R ^b   Ellis, D ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FOOT PUMP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0042824078     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-003-0456-7     Document Type: Article

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