Does preoperative mechanical prophylaxis have additional effectiveness in preventing postoperative venous thromboembolism in elderly patients with hip fracture?—Retrospective case-control study

BACKGROUND: Elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery (HFS) are at increased risk of postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE). To reduce this risk, combined postoperative mechanical and chemical thromboprophylaxis has been routinely performed after HFS in these patients. This retrospective...

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Autores principales: Nam, Ji-Hoon, Kim, Dae-Hwan, Yoo, Je-Hyun, Hwang, Ji-Hyo, Chang, Jun-Dong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5679592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29121664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187337

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5679592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29121664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187337

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