Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty and revision total knee arthroplasty have a lower risk of venous thromboembolism disease at 30 days than primary total knee arthroplasty

Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty and revision total knee arthroplasty have a lower risk of venous thromboembolism disease at 30 days than primary total knee arthroplasty

Abstract Background While multiple studies have demonstrated a lower venous thromboembolism disease (VTED) risk for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) compared to primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA), recent reports have shown that revision TKA also had a lower VTED risk compared to primary T...

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Main Authors: Andrew M. Schneider, Daniel R. Schmitt, Nicholas M. Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Knee Surgery & Related Research
Subjects:
Total knee arthroplasty
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Venous thromboembolic disease
Revision knee arthroplasty
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43019-020-00078-9

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