Preoperative Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with a Hip Fracture: An Indirect Multidetector CT Venography Study
Conclusions:
Our findings show a high prevalence of preoperative VTE in patients with a hip fracture. Therefore, preoperative investigation for VTE should be routinely considered for patients in whom surgery is delayed for >24 hours. At this time, indirect MDCT venography seems to be effective and useful.
Level of Evidence:
Prognostic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Source: JBJS - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Shin, W. C., Woo, S. H., Lee, S.-J., Lee, J. S., Kim, C., Suh, K. T. Tags: Trauma Scientific Articles Source Type: research
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