Fast-Track Procedures in Major Orthopaedic Surgery: Is Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Still Mandatory?

Charles Marc Samama

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1676613

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2019; 119(01): 003-005
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676613

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Fast-Track Procedures in Major Orthopaedic Surgery: Is Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Still Mandatory?

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Charles Marc Samama

¹Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

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