Open AccessExtraction in Patients on Oral Anticoagulant Therapy With and without Stopping the Drug: A Comparative Study
Author(s) -
Irshad Ahmed,
Mubashir Younis,
Aasim Farooq Shah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery/journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.293
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0974-942X
pISSN - 0972-8279
DOI - 10.1007/s12663-019-01205-0
Subject(s) - medicine , oral and maxillofacial surgery , oral anticoagulant , anticoagulant , anesthesia , surgery , anticoagulant drug , dental extraction , warfarin , atrial fibrillation
The aim of this study was to compare postoperative hemorrhagic complications after dental extractions in two groups of patients receiving oral anticoagulants with one group receiving oral anticoagulant without interruption and another group stopping the drug 3 days prior to extraction.