Anaes SAQs · Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
The extended VTE prophylaxis after the surgery
Final SAQ — the persistent postoperative hypercoagulability (the weeks); the standard extended prophylaxis after the major orthopaedic surgery (4 weeks) and the major cancer surgery; the systematic-review evidence; the balance with the adherence and the bleeding; and the individualisation.
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Discuss the role of the extended (the post-discharge) VTE prophylaxis after the surgery, and the patient groups who benefit.
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Discuss the role of the extended (the post-discharge) VTE prophylaxis after the surgery, and the patient groups who benefit.
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- [4]Grochowska A, et al. Thromboprophylaxis in pancreatic cancer: a review. J Thromb Thrombolysis, 2026.PMID 41718997
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