Incidence of deep vein thrombosis after major abdominal surgery in Brisbane
โ Scribed by J. O. Chelboun; M. M. D. Lawrence-Brown; S. Baker; P. G. Reasbeck
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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## Abstract The incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis in a series of Asian patients has been studied using 125I-labelled fibrinogen. Deep vein thrombosis was found in 12 per cent, which is a much lower incidence than in comparable Western series. The cause of this difference is discussed.