Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis for High-Risk Patients Undergoing Surgery for Malignancy

Background: In surgical patients with known malignancy, the odds ratio for an episode of a venous thromboembolism is approximately 6.5 compared to a group of patients without malignancy undergoing the same procedure [Heit et al.: Arch Intern Med 2000;160:809–815]. Case Report: We present a case of a...

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Published in:	Case Reports in Oncology
Main Authors:	A. Perre, M. Markman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Karger Publishers 2011-02-01
Subjects:	Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis Venous thromboembolism Surgery Deep vein thrombosis Pulmonary embolism
Online Access:	http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/324584