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Surgery and Post-operative Thrombosis

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Venous thrombosis remains one of the commonest causes of mortality and morbidity following surgery. Since Virchow described his now classic triad over 100 years ago, many advances have been made in both diagnosis and prevention of venous thrombosis, and yet in some ways we are no nearer to a better understanding of the fundamental mechanism. While we recognise the fact that certain patients fall into “high risk” categories, we still do not really understand why one patient gets a thrombosis and another seemingly very similar patient does not.

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  1. P. N. Matthews
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  1. University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, 86 Castle Street, G4 0SF, Glasgow, Scotland

    G. D. O. Lowe MB, ChB, MRCP (Lecturer in Medicine and Honorary Senior Registrar) & C. D. Forbes MD, FRCP (Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician) (Lecturer in Medicine and Honorary Senior Registrar) &  (Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician)

  2. Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde, G4 0NW, Glasgow, Scotland

    J. C. Barbenel BDS, BSc, MSc, PhD, LDS, RCS, MInstP (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

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Matthews, P.N. (1981). Surgery and Post-operative Thrombosis. In: Lowe, G.D.O., Barbenel, J.C., Forbes, C.D. (eds) Clinical Aspects of Blood Viscosity and Cell Deformability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3105-2_15

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