The effect of anaesthetic technique on postoperative venous thromboembolism in elderly patients undergoing total hip replacement

Marmara Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-151

  Türe, Hatice ^a   Usluer, Aslihan ^a   Eti, Zeynep ^a   Varlik, Doǧan I ^a   Göǧüş, F Yilmaz ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic technique; Complication: Venous thromboembolism; General, epidural

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 46849083954     PISSN: 10191941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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