Surgical site infections and other postoperative complications following prophylactic anticoagulation in total joint arthroplasty.

<h4>Background</h4>Anticoagulants reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total joint replacement. However, concern remains that pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis can lead to bleeding, which may impact on postoperative complications such as infections and reoperations.<h4>...

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Main Authors: Zhong Wang, Frederick A Anderson, Michael Ward, Timothy Bhattacharyya
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9f4031583b3440efa5dffaeca5694efe
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