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Factor V Leiden and the risk of proximal venous thrombosis after total hip arthroplasty.
The Journal of arthroplasty - 1 Feb 1998
Woolson S T, Zehnder J L, Maloney W J
Abstract excerpt
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) remains a major cause of morbidity in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). Despite postoperative DVT prophylaxis, 20-50% of THA patients still develop DVT. Currently, there is no accurate way of predicting which patients will develop DVT despite standard prophylaxis. The presence of factor V Leiden is the most common cause of inherited DVT risk. It has been postulated that...
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