Duration of Prophylaxis against Venous Thromboembolism with Enoxaparin after Surgery for Cancer

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Authors

David Bergqvist · Uppsala University Hospital

Giancarlo Agnelli · University of Perugia

Alexander T. Cohen · The King's College

Amiram Eldor · Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Paul Nilsson · Lund University

Anne Le Moigne-Amrani

Flávia Dietrich-Neto

Abstract

Enoxaparin prophylaxis for four weeks after surgery for abdominal or pelvic cancer is safe and significantly reduces the incidence of venographically demonstrated thrombosis, as compared with enoxaparin prophylaxis for one week.

Topics & Keywords

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Case Reports on Hematomas

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 346, Issue 13, pp. 975-980

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa012385

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