Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication of pelvic and acetabular fracture fixation. There is, however, currently limited data to guide clinical decisions on thromboprophylaxis choice in these patients. This is a prospective study with retrospective analysis of all the patients who were admitted to the Northern General Hospital between August 2009 and March 2011. 2 consultants using same technique and peri-operative regime carried out all procedures. All patients were administered prophylactic enoxaparin and those who were admitted via another hospital had a pre-operative Doppler scan. Post-operatively all patients were commenced on warfarin, or low molecular weight heparin (enoxaprin) if warfarin was contra-indicated, and was continued for three months after discharge.Background
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