Are Caprini Scores and Chemoprophylaxis Necessary to Reduce the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism After Abdominoplasty?

Overview

Journal Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2023 Apr 17

PMID 37063504

Authors

Eric Swanson

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