Anticoagulant therapy in orthopedic surgery – a review on anticoagulant agents, risk factors, monitoring, and current challenges
Orthopedic surgeries are associated with high-risk of thromboembolism which occurs in 40% to 60% of orthopedic patients in the absence of thromboprophylaxis. Conventionally heparin anticoagulants were used for thromboprophylaxis and currently direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are widely used due to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2024-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/10225536241233473 |