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Is It To Be Concerned After A Open Prostatectomy?

my father is 84 yo and is having open prostatectomy, he has a coronary stent and a pacemaker, he has beign taking baby aspirin that was stop almost a week ago, his cardiologist s to put him on a low molecular weight heparin, 40 mg sc once a day. I guess in this case we should outweight the benefits of DVT against bleeding, any comments
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Thanks for your question on Healthcareon Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Yes, definitely, complications like bleeding is more common than DVT at his age of 84 years.
And for prevention of DVT, you can give non medical measures like lower limb movements, compression stockings etc.
These measures prevent DVT without increasing risk for bleeding.
So in my opinion, you should discuss these with your doctors and convince them for not using low molecular weight heparin.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your father. Thanks.
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Is It To Be Concerned After A Open Prostatectomy?

Thanks for your question on Healthcareon Healthcare Magic. I can understand your concern. Yes, definitely, complications like bleeding is more common than DVT at his age of 84 years. And for prevention of DVT, you can give non medical measures like lower limb movements, compression stockings etc. These measures prevent DVT without increasing risk for bleeding. So in my opinion, you should discuss these with your doctors and convince them for not using low molecular weight heparin. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your father. Thanks.