Prophylactic GSV surgery in elderly candidates for hip or knee arthroplasty

Prophylactic GSV surgery in elderly candidates for hip or knee arthroplasty

Aging is one of the major risk factors for varicose veins. The same is for Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis. Most of the patients undergoing to Hip (THA) or Knee (TKA) arthroplasty are over sixteen. Varicose veins, excluding thrombophilia, are the most significant risk factors for VTE after THA and TKA.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Quarto Gennaro, Amato Bruno, Benassai Giacomo, Apperti Marco, Sellitti Antonio, Sivero Luigi, Furino Ermenegildo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016-01-01
Series:Open Medicine
Subjects:
hip replacement arthroplasties
knee replacement arthroplasties
deep vein thrombosis
varicose vein
saphenous vein
gsv
evla
aging
frail elderly
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2016-0083

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2016-0083

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