Does preoperative mechanical prophylaxis have additional effectiveness in preventing postoperative venous thromboembolism in elderly patients with hip fracture?-Retrospective case-control study.
Ji-Hoon NamDae-Hwan KimJe-Hyun YooJi-Hyo HwangJun-Dong ChangPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Preoperative mechanical thromboprophylaxis may confer an additional benefit by preventing postoperative VTE without adding more risk of perioperative bleeding in elderly patients with hip fracture.