Preoperative Use of Aspirin in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Safe or Not?

Zeng LiShuai XiangYan DuMo ZhangYanyan BianBin FengXisheng Weng

Published in: Orthopaedic surgery (2022)

Preoperative use of aspirin could prevent vascular related events during the perioperative period of TKA. However, it might also increase the risk of bleeding and wound complications.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
patients undergoing
low dose
total hip
cardiovascular events
antiplatelet therapy
cardiac surgery
atrial fibrillation
risk factors
anti inflammatory drugs
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
percutaneous coronary intervention
acute kidney injury