Chemoprophylaxis in addition to mechanical prophylaxis after total knee arthroplasty surgery does not reduce the incidence of venous thromboembolism

BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) of the lower limbs is an important complication post total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Current guidelines recommend routine chemical prophylaxis to all patients undergoing this procedure but this is rarely done in Asia as it is believed that Asians have a lower...

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Pubblicato in:Thromb J
Autori principali: Loh, Jing Loong Moses, Chan, Stephrene, Wong, Keng Lin, de Mel, Sanjay, Yap, Eng Soo
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2019
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6584992/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31249474
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12959-019-0200-1
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