The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S11-S20, January 2010

Prevention and management of venous thromboembolism in the surgical patient: options by surgery type and individual patient risk factors

  • James E. Muntz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    • Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute, University of Texas Health Center, Houston, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 1+713-795-4847; fax: 1+713-795-0774
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  • Franklin A. Michota, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

Received 23 July 2009; received in revised form 27 October 2009

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 Dr Muntz is a member of the advisory boards of Boehringer Ingelheim, Johnson & Johnson, and sanofi-aventis; a consultant for Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, sanofi-aventis, and Johnson & Johnson; and a member of the speakers' bureau of sanofi-aventis. Dr Michota is a member of the advisory boards of sanofi-aventis, Osaka Pharmaceuticals, Genentech Inc, and Ortho-McNeil/Johnson & Johnson and is a consultant and a member of the speakers' bureau of sanofi-aventis, Osaka Pharmaceuticals, and Genentech Inc.

PII: S0002-9610(09)00646-1

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.10.007

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S11-S20, January 2010