title: Global Management of Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty Patient Populations: a New, Comprehensive Approach to Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis.
abstract: Venous thromboembolic disease remains a common and potentially fatal complication after total joint arthroplasty. The incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has been reported to be between 5% and 60% in a number of studies using a variety of prophylaxis regimens. Symptomatic pulmonary embolism has been documented as high as 23%, while fatal pulmonary embolism, although relatively infrequent, remains one of the most catastrophic complications of total joint arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Adult Joint Reconstruction Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miric
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Sculco