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    Is pharmacological anticoagulant prophylaxis necessary for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery?
    (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS \& WILKINS, 2019-01-01) Kochai, Alauddin; Cicekli, Ozgur; Bayam, Levent; Turker, Mehmet; Sariyilmaz, Kerim; Erkorkmaz, Unal
    We report the outcomes of mechanical prophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis in patients who underwent elective surgery for idiopathic adolescent scoliosis (AIS). We retrospectively studied the patients who underwent posterior spinal instrumentation for AIS. The patients were divided into three groups: Group A low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) started at 8 hours after surgery