Incidence of Clinically Significant Venous Thromboembolic Events in Asian Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty Without Anticoagulation

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1128-1132

  Bin Abd Razak, Hamid Rahmatullah ^a   Soon, Ang Teng ^a   Dhanaraj, Ian Dominic ^a   Tan, Andrew Hwee Chye ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Total knee arthroplasty; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; SINGAPORE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84861194161     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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