Postoperative Joint Replacement Complications in Swedish Patients With a Family History of Venous Thromboembolism.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The associations of a family history of venous thromboembolism (FH-VTE) with postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) and major bleeding after joint replacement surgical procedures are unknown.

Objective

To determine the risk of VTE and major bleeding in patients after primary hip or knee replacement surgical procedures.

Design, setting, and participants

Cohort study using nationwide population-based databases of Swedish patients without a history of VTE who underwent joint replacement surgical procedures. Patients who had primary hip or knee replacement surgical procedures between July 1, 2005, and August 31, 2012, were identified. Patients born after 1931 without previous VTE were identified in the Swedish Multi-Generation Register. Only individuals wit

SUBMITTER: Zoller B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324480 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature