Extended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after radical pelvic surgery for urological cancers

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1110-1111

  Phillips, Joshua ^a   Makarawo, Tafadzwa ^a   Abedin, Asad ^a   Shafik, Adel ^a   Eaton, Jonathan ^a   Makar, Adel ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYSTECTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; NOTE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINARY TRACT CANCER; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77957582020     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09639.x     Document Type: Note

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