Incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after achilles tendon rupture

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 270-274

  Patel, Arush ^a   Ogawa, Brent ^a,b   Charlton, Timothy ^a   Thordarson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ACHILLES TENDON; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; SEX RATIO; TENDON INJURY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TENDON INJURIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865075465     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-2166-6     Document Type: Article

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