Publications by authors named "Me-Wu-Jia Mai-Ji"

Background: Due to the threat from venous thromboembolism (VTE) after major thoracic surgery, especially for cancers, guidelines recommend either heparin sodium (unfractionated heparin) or low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH) for those patients at high risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). However, risk of bleeding remains a major concern for pre-operative administration of anti-coagulation agents. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the bleeding risk of preoperative administration of LMWH and heparin in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer.

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