Efficacy and safety of short-term (3 days) enoxaparin in preventing venous thromboembolism after gastric cancer surgery: A single-center, prospective cohort study

Pharmacological Thromboprophylaxis after Major Abdominal Surgery: Should the Duration be Individualized?

“…Overall, although we agree that the reduction of duration of the traditional extended postoperative DVT prophylaxis after oncological operations could be possible through frequent clinical follow-up and implementation of a standardized protocol for duplex scanning intervals to detect early and asymptomatic DVTs [ 2 , 3 ]. In addition, the dosage of the anticoagulants should be titrated according to laboratory targets, in order to correctly assess their effectiveness and possible drug resistance (e.g., anti-Xa levels in cases of low molecular weight heparin components were used) [ 4 ].…”