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Thromboprophylaxis is a well-established practice for preventing deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing major operations, particularly abdominal surgery.
Provides an overview of current practices and future advancements in DVT prophylaxis for patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.
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Reinforces thromboprophylaxis as standard in major abdominal surgery; leaves open optimization of regimens and novel agents.
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) poses a threat in patients undergoing major operations especially, abdominal sur- gery. Hence, it is a well established, to use thromboprophylaxis for these patients. We provide an overview of the current practices and the future advancement of DVT prophylaxis.
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Hee et al. (2008) studied this question. Thromboprophylaxis is a well-established practice for preventing deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing major operations, particularly abdominal surgery.
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