Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in major orthopaedic surgery: A multicenter, prospective, observational study
Author(s) -
Faik Altıntaş,
Hakan Gürbüz,
Bülent Erdemli,
Bülent Atılla,
R. Gur Ustaoglu,
Uğur Öziç,
Öner Şavk,
Hüseyin Bayram,
Recep Memik,
Işık Akgün,
Abdullah Göğüş,
Fatih Pestilci,
Adnan Konal,
Mahmut Argün,
İrfan Öztürk,
Nevzat Dabak,
Ömer Faruk Bilgen,
Erhan Serin,
Çetin Önder,
Aykın Şimşek,
Remzi Tözün,
Hakan Kınık
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2008.322
Subject(s) - medicine , fondaparinux , pulmonary embolism , surgery , observational study , prospective cohort study , compression stockings , venous thrombosis , incidence (geometry) , low molecular weight heparin , deep vein , arthroplasty , orthopedic surgery , thrombosis , venous thromboembolism , physics , optics
We investigated risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE), prophylaxis measures employed, and incidence of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients undergoing major orthopaedic surgery (MOS).
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