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Background. Orthopaedic surgeons are increasingly pressured to consider thromboprophylaxis for patients when little evidence exists. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of fatal
Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate post-total joint arthroplasty patients who were sent for a chest CT scan in order to determine the clinical factors that were most likely to be associated with, and predictive of, a radiologic diagnosis of
Introduction. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most successful surgeries to relieve pain and dysfunction caused by severe arthritis. However, it is a still big problem that there is a possibility of death in
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Purpose. With the advent of newer diagnostic imaging tools, the reported prevalence of acute
Background. Post-operative deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and subsequent
Aim: To determine retrospectively the post-operative mortality and fatal
Aim. To assess the incidence of fatal
Purpose: Fat or marrow embolism during or after bone and joint surgery is a serious complication. We wanted to determine the incidence and circumstances of peroperative embolism in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery with and without instrumentation. Material and methods: Sixty adult patients with degenerative lumbar spines underwent peroperative and early postoperative transoesophageal ultrasonography. The lumbar procedure involved instrumentation with insertion of pedicular screws in 40 patients. Results: Moderate to severe signs of embolism (Pitto classification grade 2 or 3) were observed in 80% of the patients who underwent instrumentation procedures but in none of those who had not been instrumented (p <
0.001). Discussion: Among the different procedures performed on the posterior lumbar spine, insertion of pedicular screws appears to be the leading cause of
Purpose of the study: The aim of this study was to determine risk factors for clinically relevant
Background. Post-operative deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and subsequent
Background: The standard diagnostic approach in patients suspected of having
Combined multi-detector row CT (MD-CT) pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and lower extremity venography (CTV) is an effective method for detection of
Introduction. There is insufficient data on the trends of anticoagulation after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the USA, and the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban, beyond randomized clinical trials and small cohort studies. Patients and Methods. Using the Truven Health MarketScan database, we retrospectively evaluated new anticoagulation prescriptions after elective TKA from 2010 to 2015. The frequency of deep vein thrombosis (DVT),