Incidence of Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism After Elective Knee Arthroscopy

2012106 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sarah Reynolds · Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center

Tadashi T. Funahashi · Kaiser Permanente Orange County Irvine Medical Center

Abstract

The ninety-day incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after elective knee arthroscopy was relatively low, with a 0.25% incidence of deep venous thrombosis and a 0.17% incidence of pulmonary embolism. The overall ninety-day mortality after arthroscopic knee surgery was 0.04%.

Topics & Keywords

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Shoulder Injury and Treatment Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volume 94, Issue 8, pp. 714-720

DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.j.01759

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