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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_20 | Pages 24 - 24
1 Apr 2013
Haughton BA Kadakia A Watkins C Moran K Booty L Shetty A Lateef A
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Introduction

Recent UK national guidelines advocate using a combination of mechanical and pharmacological VTE prophylaxis in patients undergoing lower limb arthroplasty. We compared the results from our two series of patients: one treated with clexane and the other treated with rivaroxaban.

Methods

Both groups received mechanical prophylaxis. In the first group 89 patients were given 40 mg subcutaneous clexane once daily from the day prior to surgery until they were independently mobile. The second group comprised 99 patients who were given 10 mg of oral rivaroxaban.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_1 | Pages 36 - 36
1 Jan 2013
Kadakia A Haughton B Watkins C Moran K Booty L Shetty A
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Introduction

Recent UK national guidelines advocate using a combination of mechanical and pharmacological VTE prophylaxis in patients undergoing lower limb arthroplasty but do not recommend one particular pharmacotherapy over another.

Objectives

We compared the results from our two series of patients: one treated with clexane and the other treated with rivaroxaban, with respect to average length of stay, postoperative wound leakage, readmission within 30 days of surgery and re-do surgery