Surveillance Venous Duplex Is Not Clinically Useful after Total Joint Arthroplasty When Effective Deep Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis Is Used

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-198

  Schwarcz, Thomas H ^a,b,c   Matthews, Marc R ^a,c   Hartford, James M ^a,c   Quick, Rhonda C ^a,c   Kwolek, Christopher J ^a,c   Minion, David J ^a,c   Endean, Eric D ^a,c   Mentzer, Robert M ^a,c  

^a Central Baptist Hospital ^*

^b CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 1942445066     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-004-0009-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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