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Does intraoperative mechanical prophylaxis prevent venous thromboembolism in total knee arthroplasty? – effectiveness of passive-assisted ankle motion in surgical/non-surgical side

BACKGROUND: Gradual compression stocking (GCS) and intermittent pneumatic compression device (IPCD) are used for intraoperative mechanical prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism (VTE) during total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In this study, we applied a passive-assisted ankle motion in combination w...

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Autores principales: Tateiwa, Toshiyuki, Ishida, Tsunehito, Masaoka, Toshinori, Shishido, Takaaki, Takahashi, Yasuhito, Nishida, Jun, Yamamoto, Kengo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8796455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35236467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42836-021-00088-2

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