Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 352-356 , May 2009

Status of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis among bariatric surgeons: have we changed our practice during the past decade?

Presented as an oral presentation at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Washington, DC, June 15–20, 2008

  • Carlos A. Barba, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Connecticut Surgeons, West Hartford, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Carolyn Harrington, P.A.-C.

      Affiliations

    • Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Mark Loewen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut

Received 14 May 2008 ,Revised 24 August 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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PII: S1550-7289(08)00829-0

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.10.016

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 352-356 , May 2009

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