Healthcare is trending toward outpatient procedures, and technological advancements in surgical technique and pain management allow orthopedic surgeons to send their patients home within 24 hours of ...

Research could change how patients are treated to prevent blood clots after joint replacement surgery. A study published has determined that after lower extremity joint replacement surgery, a mobile ...

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a known complication of major orthopedic surgery (MOS) with important clinical and economic consequences. Recently published orthopedic guidelines have ...

MCHENRY, IL--(Marketwired - Jul 28, 2014) - An estimated 500,000 Americans suffer from deep venous thromboembolism (DVT) each year. Over half of these patients develop DVT's while still in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent mini-abdominoplasty or transverse rectus abdominis flap breast reconstruction were ...

Patients recovering from surgery are at a high risk of fatal blood clots for much longer than thought, a study has found. The threat of deep vein thrombosis – the most preventable cause of death in ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — British investigators have identified low rates of venous thromboembolism associated with elective foot and ankle surgery in a systematic literature review they recently ...

Thousands of hip replacement patients were yesterday warned that they face a hugely increased risk of DVT caused by long-haul travel. Anyone who has a hip or knee replacement, or hip fracture repair, ...

People who have undergone major orthopaedic surgery should not fly long-haul for three months following their operations because of a threefold increase in the risk of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), the ...

All patients with a record of MOS were identified using Current Procedural Terminology codes from the PharMetrics data. Specific surgeries considered were total hip arthroplasty and total knee ...