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Preventing thromboembolic complications in cancer patients after surgery: a role for prolonged thromboprophylaxis.
Cancer Treatment Reviews 2002 June
Patients undergoing major abdominal surgery for malignancy are at particularly high risk of developing VTE. Extra protection against this can be given to patients with cancer by using a higher dose of LMWH than normally used for prophylaxis, with no increase in bleeding complications. Despite thromboprophylaxis with high-dose LMWH for the first postoperative week, the rate of late VTE is estimated to be between 10% and 20%. A meta-analysis of two studies using dalteparin or enoxaparin has shown that prolonging thromboprophylaxis for a further 3 weeks significantly reduces the risk of late occurring VTE by 62%. Thromboprophylaxis with LMWH for at least one month should be considered in patients undergoing surgery for malignant disease.
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