Early ambulation after total knee arthroplasty prevents patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis from developing postoperative higher levels of D-dimer

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 146-151

  Nakao, Shigetaka ^a,b   Takata, Shinjiro ^a   Uemura, Hirokazu ^a   Nakano, Shunji ^a   Egawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kawasaki, Yoshiteru ^a   Kashihara, Michiharu ^a   Yasui, Natsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

DVT; Early ambulation; TKA

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749252324     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.57.146     Document Type: Article

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