979
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2015
prophylactic enoxaparin
enoxaparin had been prescribed at a dose of 40 mg (once daily) from the evening before surgery until patients were well mobilized. Also, at the time of surgery compression stockings were used, as well as a sequential compression device (SCD) until the morning after or longer if mobilization was delayed
non-prophylactic
no pharmacological prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism (VTE) had been used routinely. Occasionally, with delayed mobilization, a low-dose low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) had been prescribed. SCD had been used at increased frequency, and is today considered routine.
University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø
St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
OTHER
University Hospital of North Norway
OTHER
Karolinska University Hospital
OTHER
St. Olavs Hospital
OTHER