The Use of Cement and Tourniquet During Total Knee Arthroplasty Does Not Increase the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism Postoperatively

BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a severe complication of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Cementation and the use of tourniquet during TKA have both been hypothesized to be risk factors of VTE. The purpose of our study was to determine if either of these surgical factors increases the risk...

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Autores principales: Ludwick, Leanne, Shohat, Noam, Sherman, Matthew B., Paladino, Joseph, Ledesma, Jonathan, Fillingham, Yale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9568674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36254207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2022.08.020

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