Current practice for anticoagulation prophylaxis in inguinal hernia surgery: A questionnaire survey

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1181, 2003, Pages

  Anwar, Suhail ^a,c   Scott, Patrick D ^b  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 26044442805     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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