Does computer-assisted surgical navigation total knee arthroplasty reduce venous thromboembolism compared with conventional total knee arthroplasty?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 610-614

  Ooi, Lai Hock ^a   Lo, N N ^b   Yeo, S J ^b   Ong, B C ^b   Ding, Z P ^c   Lefi, A ^c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intramedullary rodding; Pulmonary embolism; Surgical navigation; Total knee arthroplasty; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 51349164807     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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