Thromboprophylaxis for Total Knee Arthroplasty Trombopro fi laxia na artroplastia total do joelho

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Author	Gali, Júlio Cesar Camargo, Danilo Bordini
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a safe surgical procedure for pain relief and improvement of the functional limitations caused by severe arthrosis when the clinical treatment is no longer effective. However, some complications can occur. A potential complication is deep vein thrombosis (DVT). There are some risk factors for DVT: age > 60 years, obesity, oral or adhesive patch contraceptive use, hormonal replacement therapy, varicose veins, inflammatory bowel disease, history of DVT or pulmonary embolism (PE), family history of thrombosis and prolonged tourniquet during arthroplasty. Song et al1 performed a prospective observational study with bilateral lower limb venography in 109 patients within a week after a primary, unilateral TKA. These authors reported that the postsurgical incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic DVTwas of 4.6% and 18.3% respectively.1
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