Efficacy of prophylactic placement of inferior vena cava filter in patients undergoing spinal surgery

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1893-1896

  Ozturk, Cagatay ^a   Ganiyusufoglu, Kursat ^a   Alanay, Ahmet ^a   Aydogan, Mehmet ^a   Onat, Levent ^a   Hamzaoglu, Azmi ^a  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

inferior vena cava filter; pulmonary emboli; spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPINE SURGERY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77957372107     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e91dad     Document Type: Article

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