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Does metabolic syndrome affect the incidence of symptomatic deep vein thrombosis following total knee arthroplasty?
Does metabolic syndrome affect the incidence of symptomatic deep vein thrombosis following total knee arthroplasty?
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Patients with metabolic syndrome may require special consideration for prophylactic anticoagulation following total knee arthroplasty to prevent deep vein thrombosis.
Hospital protocols developed for prophylactic anticoagulation following TKR should give special consideration to patients with metabolic syndrome.
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Gandhi et al. (2009) studied this question.
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