The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S1-S2, January 2010

Introduction

  • Joseph A. Caprini, M.D.

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Louis W. Biegler Chair of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, Clinical Professor of Surgery, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Received 29 October 2009; received in revised form 29 October 2009

Abstract 

This article provides background information and an introduction to the accompanying articles on venous thromboembolism in surgical patients.

Keywords: Venous thromboembolism, Risk assessment, Prophylaxis, Anticoagulants, Surgery

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 Dr. Caprini is on the speaker's bureau for Covidien and sanofi-aventis; on the advisory board for ConvaTec, Covidien, Eisai, and sanofi-aventis; and a consultant for ConvaTec, Covidien, and sanofi-aventis.

PII: S0002-9610(09)00661-8

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.10.008

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S1-S2, January 2010

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