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DVT Prophylaxis in Hip & Knee Replacement Surgery Controversies in 2008 COA
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Much of the discord surrounding routine thromboprophylaxis for hip and knee replacement surgery relates to the clinical trials studying these patients. They report a high incidence of venographically demonstrated thrombi in patients days or weeks following the surgical procedure in question. Only a tiny fraction of these patients with venographically proven thrombi are in fact symptomatic and an even smaller number of patients in these large studies ever develop symptomatic pulmonary embolism proven by diagnostic imaging.
James P. Waddell, M.D., FRCSC COA Bulletin Issue 83 2008
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: James P. Waddell, M.D., FRCSC
Institution: COA
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Complications: Venous Thromboembolism
- - OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroplasty: Replacement Arthroplasty: Hip Replacement Arthroplasty
- - OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroplasty: Replacement Arthroplasty: Knee Replacement Arthroplasty
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