Surgery
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Multicenter Study
Procedure-specific venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: a paradigm from colectomy surgery.
Colectomy patients are at high-risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), but associated risk factors and best prophylaxis in this defined population are only generalized. ⋯ Regardless of preoperative factors, VTE prophylaxis using a combination of SCDs and chemoprophylaxis was associated with significant reduction in VTE and should be standard care for patients after colectomy.