Incidence of clinical pulmonary embolism after laparoscopic surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-603

  Inderbitzin, D T ^a   Opitz, I ^b   Giger, U ^a   Kocher, T ^c   Krahenbuhl L ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Hospital Baden   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NADROPARIN;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 34248388582     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5666     Document Type: Article

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