Postoperative D-dimer levels predict venous thromboembolisms detected with contrast-enhanced computerized tomography in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Yusuke HashimotoEriko KomiyaKazuya NishinoYohei NishidaAtsushi MasudaHiroaki NakamuraPublished in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2023)
The incidence of ACLR-associated radiographical VTEs (deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) under mechanical prophylaxis was 11.0% in this study. An elevated D-dimer level at 7 days after surgery is an independent predictor of VTE in patients undergoing ACLR. The postoperative D-dimer level is a more reliable marker for identifying VTE in patients who underwent ACLR.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- pulmonary embolism
- contrast enhanced
- venous thromboembolism
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- diffusion weighted
- inferior vena cava
- diffusion weighted imaging
- prognostic factors
- electronic health record