Venous Thromboembolism Occurs Frequently in Patients Undergoing Brain Tumor Surgery Despite Prophylaxis
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
- Vol. 8 (2) , 139-142
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1008915202859
Abstract
Most Neurosurgical Service patients at our hospital receive venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. In 1995–96, the rate of clinically overt venous thromboembolism was 3.7% among patients undergoing...Keywords
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