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- M U Giuseppini, S Guiducci, and M Bardelli.
- Dipartimento di Ortopedia e Traumatologia Chirurgia O.S.M.A., Bagno a Ripoli, Firenze, Italia. umgiusep@tin.it
- Minerva Med. 2010 Feb 1;101(1):49-58.
AbstractThe patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery, which includes total hip replacement (THR), total knee replacement (TKR), and hip fracture surgery (HFS), represent a group that has a particularly high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), and routine thromboprophylaxis has been standard of care for >20 years. The following article summarizes data derived from numerous randomized clinical trials of thromboprophylaxis following THR, TKR, and HFS; areas of orthopedic surgery for which there are much less data, including knee arthroscopy and isolated lower extremity injuries, are also reviewed.
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