Incidence of venous thromboembolism and bleeding events in patients with lower extremity orthopedic surgery: a retrospective analysis of a Japanese healthcare database

Incidence of venous thromboembolism and bleeding events in patients with lower extremity orthopedic surgery: a retrospective analysis of a Japanese healthcare database

Abstract Background Orthopedic surgeries of lower extremities such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA), total hip arthroplasty (THA), and hip fracture surgery (HFS) are widely considered to carry a high risk of developing deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Growing attenti...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Fuji, Masao Akagi, Yasuyuki Abe, Eisei Oda, Daisuke Matsubayashi, Kaori Ota, Masafumi Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Matsushita, Jumpei Kaburagi, Kei Ibusuki, Atsushi Takita, Mikio Iwashita, Takuhiro Yamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Subjects:
Venous thromboembolism
Pulmonary thromboembolism
Total knee arthroplasty
Total hip arthroplasty
Hip fracture surgery
Healthcare database
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-017-0549-4

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