Efficacy and safety of anticoagulants for postoperative thrombophylaxis in total hip and knee arthroplasty: A PRISMA-compliant Bayesian network meta-analysis.

Tailai HeFei HanJiahao WangYihe HuJianxi Zhu

Published in: PloS one (2021)

According to our results, all anticoagulant drugs showed some effectiveness for VTE prophylaxis. Our ranking indicated that fondaparinux and rivaroxaban were safer and more effective than other anticoagulant drugs for patients undergoing THA or TKA.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
total hip
total knee arthroplasty
patients undergoing
systematic review
atrial fibrillation
meta analyses
randomized controlled trial
pulmonary embolism
network analysis