Is routine chemoprophylaxis necessary for prevention of venous thromboembolism following knee arthroplasty in a low incidence population?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 551-559

  Cho, Kye Youl ^a   Kim, Kang Il ^a   Khurana, Sumit ^a   Bae, Dae Kyung ^a   Jin, Wook ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Low incidence population; Thromboprophylaxis; Total knee arthroplasty; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

FONDAPARINUX; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84878367207     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-013-1691-z     Document Type: Article

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