Extensive skin necrosis after periprosthetic knee infection: a case that highlights the possibility of complications induced by low-molecular-weight heparin

We describe a case of a patient with atrial fibrillation, anticoagulated with dabigatran, that developed severe knee skin necrosis in the setting of an acute periprosthetic knee infection, after initiating low-molecular-weight heparin. A wide range of etiology hypotheses was discussed within a multi...

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Autores principales: Fonte, Hélder, Carvalho, André, Rosa, João, Pereira, Cláudia, Pereira, Alexandre, Sousa, Ricardo, further members of the Porto Bone and Joint Infection Unit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Copernicus GmbH 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8251103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34235047
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-235-2021

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