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Factors leading to decreased rates of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after total knee arthroplasty.
The Journal of arthroplasty - 1 Oct 2007
Kim Young-Hoo, Yoo Jeong-Hyun, Kim Jun-Shik
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated a total of 473 knees (264 patients) to determine the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (PE) in those who were not given thromboprophylaxis after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Deep vein thrombosis was diagnosed by roentgenographic venography, and PE was diagnosed by perfusion lung scanning. In patients with bilateral TKA, 47 (11%) of 418 venograms showed positive findings for...
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