Warning: Pulmonary embolism can occur after elective shoulder surgery - Report of two cases and survey of the members of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 628-630

  Rockwood Jr , Charles A ^a   Wirth, Michael A ^a   Blair, Sloane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0347480502     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-2746(03)00051-X     Document Type: Article

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