Low relative muscle volume: Correlation with prevalence of venous thromboembolism following total knee arthroplasty.

Jung-Min ShinSu-Jin HongKyung-Hwa ChoiSung-Il ShinDo Kyung LeeSung-Sahn LeeByung Hoon Lee

Published in: PloS one (2019)

The relative muscle volume of the vastus lateralis at the thigh level was negatively associated with the prevalence of symptomatic and radiologically confirmed DVT, suggesting that low thigh muscle mass is an independent risk factor for VTE in the postoperative period of TKA.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
total knee arthroplasty
risk factors
skeletal muscle
direct oral anticoagulants
total hip
patients undergoing
soft tissue