title: Challenging the assumptions about chemical thromboprophylaxis in knee replacement: commentary on an article by Alma B. Pedersen, MD, PhD, et al.: "Venous thromboembolism in patients having knee replacement and receiving thromboprophylaxis: a danish population-based follow-up study".
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Seth S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Leopold
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight