Why the study?
Does low-dose heparin prevent venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty or surgical repair of hip fractures?
Does low-dose heparin prevent venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty or surgical repair of hip fractures?
Low-dose heparin prevents venous thromboembolism in total hip arthroplasty but increases bleeding risk, and offers no VTE protection in hip fracture surgery.
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Supports low-dose heparin for VTE prophylaxis in hip arthroplasty despite bleeding risk but not hip fracture repair; extends procedure-specific efficacy data.
Moskovitz et al. (1978) studied this question.
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