Enoxaparin plus Compression Stockings Compared with Compression Stockings Alone in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism after Elective Neurosurgery

Giancarlo Agnelli; Franco Piovella; P Buoncristiani; Paolo Severi; M Pini; Armando D’Angelo; Chiara Beltrametti; Marcello Damiani; Gian Carlo Andrioli; Raffaelino Pugliese; Alfonso Iorio; Gianluigi Brambilla

doi:10.1056/nejm199807093390204

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Enoxaparin plus Compression Stockings Compared with Compression Stockings Alone in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism after Elective Neurosurgery

Article 1998 en

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Compression stockings are recommended for prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing neurosurgery, but anticoagulant agents have not gained wide acceptance because of concern about intracranial bleeding.

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