Postoperative deep-vein thrombosis in Asian patients is not a rarity: a prospective study of 88 patients with no prophylaxis
Postoperative deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) is believed to be rare in Asians. We studied 88 consecutive patients in Malaysia who had operations for fracture of the proximal femur or for total hip or knee replacement. No patient had prophylaxis against DVT; bilateral ascending venography was performed b...
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Main Authors: | Dhillon, K.S., Askander, A., Doraismay, S. |
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The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
1996
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Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/351/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8636180 |
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