Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty and revision total knee arthroplasty have a lower risk of venous thromboembolism disease at 30 days than primary total knee arthroplasty
Abstract Background While multiple studies have demonstrated a lower venous thromboembolism disease (VTED) risk for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) compared to primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA), recent reports have shown that revision TKA also had a lower VTED risk compared to primary T...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-11-01
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Series: | Knee Surgery & Related Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43019-020-00078-9 |