Aspirin effective in preventing symptomatic venous thromboembolic events in TJA
Deirmengian GK, et al. J Arthroplasty. 2016;doi:10.1016/j.arth.2016.03.031.
Recently published data showed that aspirin use as prophylaxis during revision total joint arthroplasty was more effective than warfarin in preventing symptomatic venous thromboembolic events and was associated with lower complications…
…Administration of aspirin as prophylaxis against VTEs after revision arthroplasty may be a viable option as it appears to be more effective than warfarin in prevention of symptomatic VTEs and is associated with a lower rate of complications.