Safety and effectiveness of aspirin and enoxaparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.
Sinan NadiThomas D VreugdenburgYasoba N AtukoraleNing MaGuy John MaddernMaroeska M RoversPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2019)
This review did not find statistically significant differences between aspirin and enoxaparin. Future studies should identify more evidence, particularly for rare outcomes such as PE, as this might help decision-makers to get consensus on the use of aspirin as VTE prophylaxis.
Keyphrases
- venous thromboembolism
- low dose
- total hip
- direct oral anticoagulants
- cardiovascular events
- antiplatelet therapy
- total knee arthroplasty
- anti inflammatory drugs
- systematic review
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- type diabetes
- decision making
- skeletal muscle
- weight loss