Is it safe to perform operation for colorectal malignancy in Chinese patients without DVT prophylaxis? An 8-year experience from a regional hospital in Hong Kong

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1973-1975

  Weida, Day ^a   Patrick, Lau Ying Yu ^a   Andrew, Yip Wai Chun ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Deep vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; AGE; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77956114398     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.15.004     Document Type: Article

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