Rates of proximal deep vein thrombosis as assessed by compression ultrasonography in patients receiving prolonged thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin after major orthopedic surgery

• Published in: Thrombosis and haemostasis Vol. 94; no. 3; p. 532
• Main Authors: Schellong, Sebastian, Hesselschwerdt, Hans-Jürgen, Paar, W Dieter, von Hanstein, Karl-Ludwig
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.09.2005
• Subjects: Aged; Anticoagulants - therapeutic use; Enoxaparin - therapeutic use; Female; Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight - therapeutic use; Hospitalization; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Orthopedics; Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Prospective Studies; Rehabilitation Centers; Thrombolytic Therapy; Ultrasonography - methods; Ultrasonography - standards; Venous Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging; Venous Thrombosis - epidemiology; Venous Thrombosis - prevention & control

Patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery are at an increased risk of thromboembolism even after the acute postoperative phase. Therefore, prolonged thromboprophylaxis is currently recommended and widely used. The length of hospital stay after major orthopedic surgery is steadily decreasing and m...