High Altitude Is an Independent Risk Factor for Developing a Pulmonary Embolism, but Not a Deep Vein Thrombosis Following a 1- to 2-Level Lumbar Fusion

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE: To identify if a 1- to 2-level posterior lumbar fusion at higher altitude is an independent risk factor for postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). METHODS: A national Medicare database was queried for all patients undergoin...

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Autores principales: Donnally, Chester J., Vakharia, Ajit M., Sheu, Jonathan I., Vakharia, Rushabh M., Damodar, Dhanur, Shenoy, Kartik, Gjolaj, Joseph P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31552154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2192568219828349

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31552154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2192568219828349

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