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- Title
Meta-analysis of low molecular weight heparin versus placebo in patients undergoing total hip replacement and post-operative morbidity and mortality since their introduction.
- Authors
Tasker, Andrew; Harbord, Roger; Bannister, Gordon C
- Abstract
1) To establish the clinical validity for in-patient low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) following total hip replacement (THR) through a meta-analysis of peer reviewed and published randomised placebo controlled trials (RCTs). 2) To establish whether modern peri-operative practices were associated with changes in rates of clinical venous thromboembolic (VTE) and all-cause mortality after THR by review of series of patients receiving in-patient LMWH published between 1985 and 2000. DATASOURCES: Medline and Embase (from 1980 to 2005), Datastar and Proquest databases were searched and references from bibliographies traced.
- Publication
Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy, 2010, Vol 20, Issue 1, p64
- ISSN
1724-6067
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/112070001002000110