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Guidelines for Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Occurring After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery (MBS)

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  1. Whittington Hospital, London, N19 5NF, UK

    Chetan D. Parmar

  2. University College London, London, UK

    Chetan D. Parmar

  3. Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India

    Chetan D. Parmar

  4. Department of Surgery, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria

    Daniel Moritz Felsenreich & Gerhard Prager

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Paulina Salminen

  6. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Tor Vergata, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Nicola Di Lorenzo

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Parmar, C.D., Felsenreich, D.M., Salminen, P. et al. Guidelines for Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Occurring After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery (MBS). OBES SURG 34, 1964–1968 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-024-07187-4

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