## Abstract In order to determine the incidence of pre-operative and postoperative deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients not receiving prophylactic anticoagulant therapy, bilateral phlebography was performed in a prospective study pre-operatively and on the 9th postoperative day, in 51 consecuti
Incidence of Deep Venous Thrombosis in Patients Undergoing Obesity Surgery
✍ Scribed by Agneta Westling; David Bergqvist; Annika Boström; Sadettin Karacagil; Sven Gustavsson
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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