Post Discharge Clinically Overt Venous Thromboembolism in Orthopaedic Surgery Patients with Negative Venography -an Overview Analysis

4,120 major orthopaedic surgery patients from 13 studies (published 1974-1995) who received pharmacological prophylaxis, underwent bilateral venography before discharge, and were followed for at least four weeks post-discharge. The primary analysis focused on 2,361 patients with negative venography.

Interruption of pharmacological prophylaxis at discharge

Incidence of late occurring clinically overt venous thromboembolism after hospital dischargehard clinical