The incidence and prevention of Postoperative Venous Thrombosis

In the last few years a very high incidence of deep vein thrombosis has been reported in the literature. Venous thrombosis and its sequel, pulmonary embolus account for 12. 5% of all postoperative deaths and is the single greatest threat to recovery after surgical operations. This study was undertak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joffe, Stephen Neal
Other Authors: Terblanche, J T
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26475