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Oral Contraceptive Pills Are Not a Risk Factor for Deep Vein Thrombosis or Pulmonary Embolism After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, more than 100 million women between the ages of 15 and 49 years take oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). OCP use increases the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) through its primary drug, ethinylestradiol, which slows liver metabolism, promotes tissue retention, and ultimately...

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Autores principales: Stone, Austin V., Agarwalla, Avinesh, Gowd, Anirudh K., Jacobs, Cale A., Macalena, Jeffrey A., Lesniak, Bryson P., Verma, Nikhil N., Romeo, Anthony A., Forsythe, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6350148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30729148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967118822970