Venous thromboembolism after lower extremity orthopedic surgery: A population-based nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) causes morbidity and mortality in the general population. Several events occur after lower limb orthopedic surgery, but the contribution from various types of lower limb surgery is not well known.

Objective

To investigate the postoperative incidence of VTE for all types of lower extremity orthopedic surgery compared with the background population.

Methods

Individual-level linkage of Danish nationwide register data for all Danish residents with first-time orthopedic surgery of the lower limb (1996-2017) and, for each of these, four controls from the general population matched on age, sex, and history of VTE. Adjusted hazard ratios (HR) compared the postoperative risk of VTE to the matched controls.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Gade IL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7845063 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature