Intermittent pneumatic compression versus additional prophylaxis with enoxaparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism after laparoscopic surgery for gastric and colorectal malignancies: multicentre randomized clinical trial.

Hirofumi KamachiS HommaH KawamuraT YoshidaY OhnoNobuki IchikawaR YokotaT FunakoshiY MaedaN TakahashiT AmanoA Taketomi

Published in: BJS open (2020)

IPC with enoxaparin after laparoscopic surgery for gastric and colorectal malignancies did not reduce the rate of VTE. Registration number: UMIN000011667 ( https://www.umin.ac.jp/).

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
laparoscopic surgery
direct oral anticoagulants
double blind
clinical trial
study protocol
high intensity
randomized controlled trial
atrial fibrillation