American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 5 , Pages 510.e1-510.e4 , November 2010

Risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in urogynecologic surgical patients

Presented orally at the 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, Tucson, AZ, April 12-14, 2010.

Received 12 January 2010 ,Revised 16 May 2010 ,Accepted 20 July 2010.

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 Cite this article as: Solomon ER, Frick AC, Paraiso MFR, et al. Risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in urogynecologic surgical patients. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:510.e1-4.

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PII: S0002-9378(10)00905-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.07.021

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 5 , Pages 510.e1-510.e4 , November 2010

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