Venous Thromboembolism Incidence and Prophylaxis Use After Gastrectomy Among Korean Patients With Gastric Adenocarcinoma | Zendy

Yoon Ju Jung | Zendy; Ho Seok Seo | Zendy; Cho Hyun Park | Zendy; Hae Myung Jeon | Zendy; Ji Il Kim | Zendy; Hyeon Woo Yim | Zendy; Kyo Young Song | Zendy

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Venous Thromboembolism Incidence and Prophylaxis Use After Gastrectomy Among Korean Patients With Gastric Adenocarcinoma

Author(s) -

Yoon Ju Jung,

Ho Seok Seo,

Cho Hyun Park,

Hae Myung Jeon,

Ji Il Kim,

Hyeon Woo Yim,

Kyo Young Song

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.2081

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , randomized controlled trial , gastrectomy , adenocarcinoma , population , cancer , surgery , gastric adenocarcinoma , physics , environmental health , optics

The guidelines by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the American Society for Clinical Oncology recommend the routine use of thromboprophylaxis for patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. However, many physicians in Asian countries use venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis much less often because of the perceived lower VTE incidence in this population.

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