Why the study?
Does daily low-dose aspirin therapy increase perioperative bleeding in patients operated on for proximal femoral fracture?
Population
104 patients operated on for proximal femoral fracture
Comparison
Daily low-dose aspirin therapy taken before the… vs Control group not taking aspirin
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
14 months
Authors
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Minor transfusion increase without major bleeding; leaves open need for RCTs before changing aspirin practice in hip fracture surgery.
Does daily low-dose aspirin therapy increase perioperative bleeding in patients operated on for proximal femoral fracture?
Daily low-dose aspirin therapy is safe for patients undergoing proximal femoral fracture surgery, causing only a minor increase in postoperative blood transfusion requirements without major bleeding.
Anekstein et al. (2004) studied this question.
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