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Asprin vs Low molecular weight heparins in preventing venous thromboembolism

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November 2024

Asprin vs Low molecular weight heparins in preventing venous thromboembolism

Vol: 306| Issue: 11| Number:43| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Risk of venous thromboembolism in thromboprophylaxis between aspirin and low molecular weight heparins after total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol . 2024 Jul-Aug;68(4):409-421.

Contributing Authors:
JH Núñez F Moreira B Escudero-Cisneros J Martínez-Peña D Bosch-García F Anglès E Guerra-Farfán

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Sixteen studies including 248,461 patients undergoing Total Knee Arthoplasty or Total Hip Arthoplasty were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis comparing aspirin vs. Low molecular weight Heparins (LMWH) for thromboprophylaxis. Pooled outcomes of interest included the risk of Venous thromboembolism (VTE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PE), mortality, ble...

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