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• Does the use of preoperative aspirin increase the risk of bleeding in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery? Systematic review and meta-analysis.

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• Antithrombotic effects of aspirin on 1- or 2-level lumbar spinal fusion surgery: a comparison between 2 groups discontinuing aspirin use before and after 7 days prior to surgery.

  Park JH, Ahn Y, Choi BS, Choi KT, Lee K, Kim SH, Roh SW. Park JH, et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Aug 15;38(18):1561-5. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31829a84d2. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013. PMID: 23680836
• Safety of perioperative aspirin therapy in pancreatic operations.

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• Withholding clopidogrel for 3 to 6 versus 7 days or more before surgery in hip fracture patients.

  Al Khudairy A, Al-Hadeedi O, Sayana MK, Galvin R, Quinlan JF. Al Khudairy A, et al. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2013 Aug;21(2):146-50. doi: 10.1177/230949901302100205. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2013. PMID: 24014772
• Open and robot-assisted radical retropubic prostatectomy in men receiving ongoing low-dose aspirin medication: revisiting an old paradigm?

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