Why the study?
Does continuing anticoagulant therapy increase the risk of significant bleeding complications in patients undergoing hand surgery?
Does continuing anticoagulant therapy increase the risk of significant bleeding complications in patients undergoing hand surgery?
Interruption of warfarin (INR ≤3.0), clopidogrel, or clopidogrel with aspirin is unnecessary for patients undergoing hand surgery due to a very low risk of bleeding complications.
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Very low bleeding complications with continued anticoagulation; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice without RCTs.
Edmunds et al. (2010) studied this question.
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