The management of anticoagulated patients requiring dental extraction: A cross-sectional survey of oral and maxillofacial surgeons and hematologists [6]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2157-2159

  Lim, Wendy ^a,b   Wang, M ^a   Crowther, M ^a   Douketis, J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; ORAL SURGERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SURGERY, ORAL; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; WARFARIN;

EID: 34548817869     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02700.x     Document Type: Letter

References (15)

1. Ziffer AM, Scopp IW, Beck J, Baum J, Berger AR. Profound bleeding after dental extractions during dicumarol therapy. N Engl J Med 1957; 256: 351-3.
2. Devani P, Lavery KM, Howell CJ. Dental extractions in patients on warfarin: Is alteration of anticoagulant regime necessary? Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1998; 36: 107-11.
3. Campbell JH, Alvarado F, Murray R. Anticoagulation and minor oral surgery: Should the anticoagulation regimen be altered? J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2000; 58: 131-5.
4. Evans IL, Sayers MS, Gibbons AJ, Price G, Snooks H, Sugar AW. Can warfarin be continued during dental extraction? Results of a randomized controlled trial Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2002; 40: 248-52.
5. Zanon E, Martinelli F, Bacci C, Cordioli G, Girolami A. Safety of dental extraction among consecutive patients on oral anticoagulant treatment managed using a specific dental management protocol. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2003; 14: 27-30.
6. Ansell J, Hirsh J, Poller L, Bussey H, Jacobson A, Hylek E. The pharmacology and management of the vitamin K antagonists: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy. Chest 2004; 126: 204S-33S.
7. Wahl MJ, Howell J. Altering anticoagulation therapy: A survey of physicians. J Am Dent Assoc 1996; 127: 625-30, 633.
8. Wahl MJ. Dental surgery in anticoagulated patients. Arch Intern Med 1998; 158: 1610-6.
9. Vicente BM, Knezevic M, Tapia MM, Viejo LA, Orengo Valverde JC, Garcia JF, Lopez PO, Dominguez SS, Diaz Cremades JM, Castellano RJ. Oral surgery in patients undergoing oral anticoagulant therapy. Med Oral 2002; 7: 63-70.
10. Blinder D, Manor Y, Martinowitz U, Taicher S, Hashomer T. Dental extractions in patients maintained on continued oral anticoagulant: comparison of local hemostatic modalities. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1999; 88: 137-40.
11. Martinowitz U, Mazar AL, Taicher S, Varon D, Gitel SN, Ramot B, Rakocz M. Dental extraction for patients on oral anticoagulant therapy. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1990; 70: 274-7.
12. Bodner L, Weinstein JM, Baumgarten AK. Efficacy of fibrin sealant in patients on various levels of oral anticoagulant undergoing oral surgery. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1998; 86: 421-4.
13. Carter G, Goss A, Lloyd J, Tocchetti R. Tranexamic acid mouthwash versus autologous fibrin glue in patients taking warfarin undergoing dental extractions: A randomized prospective clinical study. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003; 61: 1432-5.
14. Sindet-Pedersen S, Ramstrom G, Bernvil S, Blomback M. Hemostatic effect of tranexamic acid mouthwash in anticoagulant-treated patients undergoing oral surgery. N Engl J Med 1989; 320: 840-3.
15. Linnebur SA, Ellis SL, Astroth JD. Educational practices regarding anticoagulation and dental procedures in US dental schools. J Dent Educ 2007; 71: 296-303.