Role of routine pre-operative screening venous duplex ultrasound in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery

BACKGROUND/AIMS: It is well established that obesity is a strongly associated risk factor for post-operative deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Physical effects and pro-thrombotic, pro-inflammatory and hypofibrinolytic effects of severe obesity may predispose to idiopathic DVT (pre-operatively) because of...

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Autores principales: Raj, P. Praveen, Gomes, Rachel M., Kumar, Saravana, Senthilnathan, Palanisamy, Parathasarathi, Ramakrishnan, Rajapandian, Subbiah, Palanivelu, Chinnusamy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28607288
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmas.JMAS_199_15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28607288
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmas.JMAS_199_15

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