The pathophysiology of venous thromboembolism: Implications with compression garments

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 468-472

  Clayman, Mark A ^a,b   Clayman, Eric S ^a   Seagle, Brent M ^a   Sadove, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Thromboembolism; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASODILATATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIPECTOMY; MORTALITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 67449128392     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31818cd08c     Document Type: Article

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