An update on venous thromboembolism rates and prophylaxis in hip and knee arthroplasty in 2020

DC Santana, AK Emara, MN Orr, AK Klika, CA Higuera… - Medicina, 2020 - mdpi.com
Patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty are at high risk for venous
thromboembolism (VTE) with an incidence of approximately 0.6–1.5%. Given the high …

Venous thromboembolic prophylaxis after total hip and knee arthroplasty

JR Lieberman, JA Bell - JBJS, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Venous Thromboembolic Prophylaxis After Total Hip and Knee A... : JBJS Venous
Thromboembolic Prophylaxis After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty : JBJS JBJS Journal Case …

Potent anticoagulation does not reduce venous thromboembolism in high-risk patients

TL Tan, C Foltz, R Huang, AF Chen, C Higuera… - JBJS, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Based on current guidelines from the American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons (AAOS), a number of prophylactic modalities for the prevention of venous …

[HTML][HTML] Venous thromboembolism after lower extremity orthopedic surgery: a population‐based nationwide cohort study

IL Gade, S Kold, MT Severinsen, KH Kragholm… - Research and practice …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) causes morbidity and mortality in the general
population. Several events occur after lower limb orthopedic surgery, but the contribution …

Perioperative blood transfusions are associated with a higher incidence of thromboembolic events after TKA: an analysis of 333,463 TKAs

AJ Acuña, D Grits, LT Samuel, AK Emara… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Given the morbidity, mortality, and financial burden associated with venous
thromboembolism (VTE) after TKA, orthopaedic providers continually seek to identify risk …

Perioperative management of chronic antithrombotic agents in elective hip and knee arthroplasty

DC Santana, MJ Hadad, A Emara, AK Klika… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Total hip and knee arthroplasty are common major orthopedic operations being performed
on an increasing number of patients. Many patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) …

Thirty days of aspirin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is adequate following total knee arthroplasty, regardless of the dose used

N Shohat, L Ludwick, R Goel, J Ledesma… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The optimal length of aspirin prophylaxis to minimize venous thromboembolism
(VTE) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remains unknown. This study aimed to …

Trends in venous thromboembolism and chemoprophylaxis utilization in elective total knee arthroplasty from 2011 to 2020

AK Chiu, AR Agarwal, N Hussain, A Gu… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a feared complication of joint arthroplasty,
leading to recent clinical practice guidelines aimed at VTE prevention and prophylaxis …

Do older patients fare worse following unilateral or single stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty?

M Ishii, K Wong, B Shimoda, S Andrews, D Au… - Archives of Orthopaedic …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction The safety and benefits of single stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty
(SSBTKA) among older patients as compared to unilateral TKA remains controversial. This …

Do corticosteroids attenuate the peri-operative acute phase response after total knee arthroplasty?

AC Brekke, EJ Amaro, SL Posey, SM Engstrom… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Following tissue injury, the acute phase response (APR) functions to survive
and then repair injured tissue. An exuberant APR, which can be evoked by total knee …