Balancing venous thromboembolism and hematoma after breast surgery

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3230-3235

  Lovely, Jenna K ^a   Nehring, Sharon A ^a   Boughey, Judy C ^a   Degnim, Amy C ^a   Donthi, Rajakumar ^a   Harmsen, William Scott ^a   Jakub, James W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84868214983     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2524-y     Document Type: Article

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