Risk of venous thromboembolism outweighs post-hepatectomy bleeding complications

Risk of venous thromboembolism outweighs post-hepatectomy bleeding complications

Background: Historically, liver surgeons have withheld venous thromboembolism (VTE) chemoprophylaxis due to perceived postoperative bleeding risk and theorized protective anticoagulation effects of a hepatectomy. The relationships between extent of hepatectomy, postoperative VTE and bleeding events...

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Main Author: Tzeng, Ching-Wei (author)
Other Authors: Katz, Matthew (author), Fleming, Jason (author), Pisters, Peter (author), Lee, Jeffrey (author), Abdalla, Eddie (author), Curley, Steven (author), Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (author), Aloia, Thomas (author)
Format: article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00479.x
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00479.x/full
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http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00479.x
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00479.x/full

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