Cutoff values of plasma d-dimer level in patients with diagnosis of the venous thromboembolism after elective spinal surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: We have demonstrated that postoperative D-dimer measurements in patients who underwent elective spinal surgery can provide a complementary diagnostic screening for VTE during the first week after surgery. PMID: 25901235 [PubMed]
Source: Asian Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research