Symptomatic venous thromboembolism and mortality in orthopaedic surgery - An observational study of 45 968 consecutive procedures

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lapidus, Lasse J ^a   Ponzer, Sari ^a   Pettersson, Hans ^a   De Bri, Edin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Mortality; Operation; Orthopaedic surgery; Prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombosis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84878387991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-177     Document Type: Article

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