Is routine thromboprophylaxis justified among Indian patients sustaining major orthopedic trauma A systematic review

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-207

  Sen, Ramesh ^a   Tripathy, Sujit ^a   Singh, Amit ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Thromboprophylaxis; trauma; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955876003     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.80037     Document Type: Review

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