Study | Patients (n) | Operation | Patients category | Thrombo- prophylaxis | Deep vein thrombosis (%) | Pulmonary embolism (%) |
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Venographically assessed DVT | ||||||
Sharrock et al 6 | 436 | TKR | OA (n=382); RA (n=54) | aspirin | 42 39 | not reported |
Nurmohamedet al 2-150 11 | 672 | THR | not reported | LMWH | 14 | 2 |
Swierstra et al 14 | 101 | THR | OA (n=87); RA (n=14) | OAC | 23† | 0 |
Howard et al 13 | 1599 | TKR | not reported | LMWH | 32 | 0.3 |
Clinically assessed DVT | ||||||
Leclerc et al 16 | 1141 842 | THR TKR | not reported | LMWH LMWH | 1.3 1.8 | 0.5 0.4 |
↵2-150 Meta-analysis. LMWH=low molecular weight heparin. OAC=oral anticoagulants. †Overall incidence. DVT=denotes deep venous thrombosis. THR=denotes total hip replacement. RA=denotes rheumatoid arthritis. TKR=denotes total knee replacement. OA=denotes osteoarthritis.