ARTS: A Large, International Trial of Thromboprophylaxis in Intra-abdominal, Gynecologic, and Urologic Surgery

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Surgery, Woodstock General Hospital, Woodstock, Canada.
• ² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LNWH NHS Trust, London, UK.
• ³ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada.
• ⁴ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada.
• ⁵ Department of Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Anesthesiology and Intensive care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Pharmacovigilance Unit, Finnish Medicines Agency, Helsinki, Finland.
• ⁶ Department of Haematology, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
• ⁷ Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
• ⁸ Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
• ⁹ Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Abdominal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
• ¹⁰ Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
• ¹¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
• ¹² Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Surgery, South Karelian Central Hospital, Lappeenranta, Finland. Electronic address: kari.tikkinen@helsinki.fi.