Venous Thromboembolism—Incidence of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Tertiary Care Experience in Pakistan

Venous Thromboembolism—Incidence of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Tertiary Care Experience in Pakistan

Abstract Introduction Although venous thromboembolism (VTE) is seen with morbidity and mortality in various surgical specialties, scarce data are available in the head and neck surgery domain. Objective We aim to determine the incidence of VTE in patients receiving surgery...

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Main Authors: Naeem Sultan Ali, Ahmad Nawaz, Montasir Junaid, Maliha Kazi, Shabbir Akhtar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2015-03-01
Series:International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
Subjects:
venous thromboembolism
deep venous thrombosis
pulmonary embolism
thromboprophylaxis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1549153

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