Hospital episode Statistics data analysis of postoperative venous thromboembolus in patients undergoing urological surgery: A review of 126,891 cases

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-69

  Dyer, James ^a   Wyke, S ^b   Lynch, C ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Urology; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84872159686     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588413X13511609956219     Document Type: Review

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