Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) with DVT Chemoprophylaxis
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50706#.VEmeuFfHRK0 Author(s) Yong Sung Won 1 , Mihyeong Kim 1 , Kang Woong Jun 1 , Woo Seok Nam 1 , Sanghyun Ahn 1 , Jeong-Kye Hwang 1 , Sang-Dong Kim 1 , Sun-Cheol Park 1 , Sang Seob Yun 1 , Won-Chul Lee 2 , Jang-Sang Park 1 , Jang Yong Kim 1* Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea . 2 Department of Preventive Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea . ABSTRACT Objective: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is very common and leading cause of death due to this procedure. The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence and clinical characteristics of DVT after TKA with DVT chemoprophylaxis. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study in single ins...