The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 530-536 , July 2009

Thromboprophylaxis in spinal trauma surgery: consensus among spine trauma surgeons

Received 27 September 2008 ,Accepted 17 January 2009.

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 Author disclosures: ARV (royalties: Depuy Spine, Biomet Spine, Globus, Medtronic, K2M, Aesculap; stock ownership: K2M, Cytonics, Disk Motion Technology, Zygoloc, Progressive Spinal Technology, Computational Dynamics, Stout Medical, Bonovo Orthopaedics, Electrocure, Vertiflex, Flagship Surgical, In vivo, Pearl Diver, Small Bone Innovations, Neucore, Crosscurrent, Vertilink, Orthovita, Syndicom, Biomerix, Spinemark, Paradigm Spine, Spinology, Vertebron, Replication Medica, Breakaway Imaging Cross Tree Medical, Globus; consulting: Depuy Spine, Osteotech, Othrofix, Vertiflex, Vertebron, Stryker Spine, K2M, Medtronic, AO Spine; research: AO Spine, Medtronic).

PII: S1529-9430(09)00048-5

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.01.008

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 530-536 , July 2009

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