Blood Thinner Lowers Clot Risk in Plastic Surgery Patients
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
For plastic surgery patients at high risk, treatment with the anticoagulant (blood-thinning) drug enoxaparin can reduce the risk of serious blood clot-related complications called venous thromboembolism (VTE), reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(r), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).