ArticleKnee surgery & related research2021
Risk factors for deep vein thrombosis even using low-molecular-weight heparin after total knee arthroplasty.
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- Limiting tourniquet use during total knee arthroplasty improves short-term postoperative outcomes in patients with hypertension.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Metaphyseal trauma of the lower extremities in major orthopedic surgery as an independent risk factor for deep vein thrombosis.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Epidemiology and prognostic factors for new-onset deep venous thrombosis after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a retrospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Machine Learning for Detecting Total Knee Arthroplasty Implant Loosening on Plain Radiographs.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Low muscle mass is an independent risk factor for postoperative blood transfusion in total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective, propensity score-matched cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundWith an increase in deep vein thrombosis (DVT) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the Asian population, most surgeons today use a form of prophylactic anticoagulant agents in patients after TKA. Nevertheless, DVT occasionally develops even in these patients with prophylaxis. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors for DVT after TKA in cases of postoperative low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) use.
methodsWe designed a retrospective study with 103 patients who underwent primary TKA. From the second postoperative day, 60 mg of LMWH was subcutaneously injected into the patients daily. On the seventh postoperative day, patients had computed tomography angiography to check whether they had DVT. Regarding risk factors, we investigated patients' gender, age, surgical site (unilateral/bilateral), body mass index, method of anesthesia, preoperative hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia status, and prothrombin time/international normalized ratio from electronic medical records. We analyzed the statistical significance of these risk factors.
resultsStatistically significant factors in the single-variable analysis were surgical site (unilateral/bilateral), body mass index, preoperative hypertension status, and anesthesia method. Multiple logistic regression analysis with these factors revealed that the surgical site (unilateral/bilateral, p = 0.024) and anesthesia method (p = 0.039) were significant factors for the occurrence of postoperative DVT after TKA.
conclusionsPatients undergoing simultaneous bilateral TKAs and patients undergoing TKA with general anesthesia need more attention regarding DVT even with chemoprophylaxis using LMWH after TKA.
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