Evidence of Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Bariatric Surgery-Results of a Quality Assurance Trial in Bariatric Surgery in Germany from 2005 to 2007 and Review of the Literature

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 928-936

  Stroh, Christine ^a,b,s   Birk, D ^a   Flade Kuthe, R ^c   Frenken, M ^d   Herbig, B ^e   Hohne S ^a   Kohler H ^f   Lange, V ^g   Ludwig, K ^a   Matkowitz, R ^h   Meyer, G ⁱ   Pick, P ^j   Horbach, Th ^a,k   Krause, S ^a   Schafer L ^a   Schlensak, M ^a   Shang, E ^l   Sonnenberg, T ^m   Susewind, M ⁿ   Voigt, H ^o   Weiner, R ^p   Wolff, S ^q   Wolf, A M ^r   Schmidt, U ^s   Meyer, F ^q   Lippert, H ^q   Manger, Th ^a,b,q   more..

^a Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c DRK Clementinenhaus   (Germany)

^d St Josef Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^e Hospital Diakonissenhaus   (Germany)

^f Hospital Herzogin Heim   (Germany)

^g Schlosspark Klinik   (Germany)

^h Surgical Practice and Obesity Center   (Germany)

ⁱ Dept of Surgery   (Germany)

^j Aesculap West Clinic   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^m Dominikus Krankenhaus Dusseldorf Heerdt   (Germany)

ⁿ MIC Clinic Berlin   (Germany)

^o St Vinzenz Hospital   (Germany)

^p Hospital Sachsenhausen   (Germany)

^q OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^s StatConsult GmbH   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Deep venous thrombosis (DVT); German multicenter trial; Pulmonary embolism (PE)

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BANDING; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; REOPERATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67650080773     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-9838-2     Document Type: Article

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