Juan V. Llau
Editor

2013

Venous thromboembolism in any of its kinds of presentation, pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis, represents a major public health problem, affecting hundreds of thousands of people each year. Patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery have a particularly high risk for developing venous thromboembolism, and the need for thromboprophylaxis, most commonly pharmacological prophylaxis, has become standard of care for many years.