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Review
. 2021 Aug 12;33(1):24.
doi: 10.1186/s43019-021-00100-8.

Asia-Pacific venous thromboembolism consensus in knee and hip arthroplasty and hip fracture surgery: Part 3. Pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

Satit Thiengwittayaporn  1 , Nicolaas Budhiparama  2 , Chotetawan Tanavalee  3 , Saran Tantavisut  4 , Rami M Sorial  5 , Cao Li  6 , Kang-Il Kim  7   8 ; Asia-Pacific (AP) Region Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Consensus Group
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Asia-Pacific venous thromboembolism consensus in knee and hip arthroplasty and hip fracture surgery: Part 3. Pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

Satit Thiengwittayaporn et al. Knee Surg Relat Res. .
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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