Chemoprophylaxis in addition to mechanical prophylaxis after total knee arthroplasty surgery does not reduce the incidence of venous thromboembolism

BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) of the lower limbs is an important complication post total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Current guidelines recommend routine chemical prophylaxis to all patients undergoing this procedure but this is rarely done in Asia as it is believed that Asians have a lower...

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Autores principales: Loh, Jing Loong Moses, Chan, Stephrene, Wong, Keng Lin, de Mel, Sanjay, Yap, Eng Soo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6584992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31249474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12959-019-0200-1

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