## Background and objectives: Patients with cancer and patients undergoing major orthopedic procedures are two groups at risk of deep venous thrombosis (dvt). the objective was to determine the rate of venous thromboembolic disease in patients with a malignant neoplasm and major orthopaedic surgery
Deep venous thrombosis in patients having aorto-iliac reconstruction
β Scribed by N. S. Angelides; A. N. Nicolaides; J. Fernandes; I. Gordon-Smith; Rosemary Bowers; J. D. Lewis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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