Open AccessThromboelastography for the Prevention of Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism in Orthopedics
Author(s) -
DeJing Fan,
Ziyao Ouyang,
Yanping Ying,
Shuangxia Huang,
Pinyue Tao,
XiaoBen Pan,
Shuyu Lu,
Qini Pan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1938-2723
pISSN - 1076-0296
DOI - 10.1177/10760296221077975
Subject(s) - thromboelastography , medicine , perioperative , venous thromboembolism , orthopedic surgery , intensive care medicine , coagulation , thrombosis , surgery
We have reviewed a large number of relevant literature to determine the deficiencies of orthopedics in the diagnosis and prevention of venous thromboembolismVTEevents during the perioperative period, and found that the TEG technology has been widely used after liver transplantation, which may make up for the deficiencies. This review expounds the detection principle and latest thromboelastography (TEG) development, and highlights the advantages of TEG over previous screening methods in diagnosing hypercoagulability. By analyzing the correlation and consistency between TEG and conventional coagulation test, reliable indexes for diagnosing hypercoagulability and important parameters for guiding perioperative anticoagulation treatment were summarized. Furthermore, our work contributes to further studies of TEG in orthopedics. Based on the research results, we believe that TEG may help orthopedists to identify and predict VTE events, use anticoagulants, eventually reduce the occurrence of VTE events.