Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis for High-Risk Patients Undergoing Surgery for Malignancy
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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 46-year-old Caucasian male with a history of adenocarcinoma of the rectum. The patient received ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Oncology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1662-6575
DOI: 10.1159/000324584