… A study undertaken in our institution to address questions about the amount and severity
of bleeding associated with minor outpatient oral surgery procedures by assessing bleeding
in patients who did not alter their anticoagulant regimen. … Eighty-three patients receiving
long-term anticoagulant therapy visited Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from
May 2010 to October 2011 for extractions and minor oral surgical procedures. Each patient
was required to undergo preoperative assessment of prothrombin time (PT) and …