Abstract:In neurosurgery, none of the drugs used in other specialties as prophylaxis of thrombo-embolism have found general acceptance. Certain centers reject any drug prophylaxis of thrombo-embolism. Others treat many or--with the exception of subarachnoid hemorrhage--almost all patients according to the Kakkarscheme. Many aim for an individual examination of the risk of early mobilization and, if necessary, combine mechanical and medicinal methods (Tab. 3). No center has published any systematic studies of substantia… Show more
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