Randomized clinical trial of intermittent pneumatic compression and low molecular weight heparin in trauma
Open Access
- 28 October 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 90 (11) , 1338-1344
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.4309
Abstract
Equivalent in patients who did not have leg traumaKeywords
Funding Information
- Huntleigh Flowtron, Manalapan, New Jersey, USA
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