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[17] Currently, even the most often recommended prophylaxis (LMWH and warfarin) in hip arthroplasty patients carries an overall DVT rate of 10% to 15% (proximal DVT 3% to 7%) as determined by ...

Most practicing orthopaedic surgeons currently use a pharmacologic agent as a means of prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism following total hip arthroplasty, total knee ...

Before we started using prophylaxis we had many patients dying from DVT because of pulmonary embolism ... At that time—it was the 1970’s—he used a sequential compression device that was showing ...