Venous thromboembolism rates after hip and knee arthroplasty and hip fractures

Venous thromboembolism rates after hip and knee arthroplasty and hip fractures

Abstract Background The ideal thromboprophylaxis regime following lower limb arthroplasty and proximal femur fractures remains controversial. Guidelines disagree on the type of chemical prophylaxis, its dose or duration. This article describes a method of monitoring venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate...

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Main Authors: Viswanath Mula, Sunny Parikh, Sivakolundu Suresh, Alex Bottle, Mark Loeffler, Mahbub Alam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
VTE
THA
TKA
Hip fractures
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-3100-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-3100-4

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