Surgical Site Infections and Other Postoperative Complications following Prophylactic Anticoagulation in Total Joint Arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Anticoagulants reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total joint replacement. However, concern remains that pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis can lead to bleeding, which may impact on postoperative complications such as infections and reoperations. METHODS AND FINDINGS: From...

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Autores principales: Wang, Zhong, Anderson, Frederick A., Ward, Michael, Bhattacharyya, Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24717837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091755

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24717837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091755

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