Open AccessRotational Thromboelastometry Findings Are Associated with Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolic Complications after Hip Fracture Surgery
Author(s) -
Andreas G. Tsantes,
Dimitrios V. Papadopoulos,
Ioannis Trikoupis,
Konstantina A. Tsante,
Andreas F. Mavrogenis,
Panagiotis Koulouvaris,
Daniele Piovani,
Anastasios G. Kriebardis,
Argyri Gialeraki,
Georgios K. Nikolopoulos,
Stefanos Bonovas,
Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos,
Argirios Ε. Tsantes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001832
Subject(s) - medicine , thromboelastometry , surgery , hip fracture , complication , femoral neck , retrospective cohort study , gold standard (test) , coagulopathy , radiology , osteoporosis
Venous thromboembolism is a common complication after hip fractures. However, there are no reliable laboratory assays to identify patients at risk for venous thromboembolic (VTE) events after major orthopaedic surgery.