Incidence and Clinical Significance of Deep Vein Thrombosis after Cementless Total Hip Replacement in Korean Patient Population.
10.3349/ymj.1987.28.2.119
- Author:
Young Hoo KIM
1
;
Jin Suck SUH
;
Jee Yeon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Incidence;
deep vein thrombosis;
cementless total hip replacement
- MeSH:
Bone Cements;
Female;
Hip Prosthesis/adverse effects*;
Human;
Korea;
Male;
Middle Age;
Risk;
Thrombophlebitis/etiology*
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1987;28(2):119-125
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We studied the incidence of deep vein thrombosis in the 110 Korean patients who had Porous Coated Anatomic (P.C.A.) cementless total hip replacement. The diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis was made by roentgenographic venography. The perfusion lung-scanning was done to make a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Our findings showed that there was an unusually low incidence (7 per cent) of deep vein thrombosis in our unprotected patient group. They also revealed that some factors that are believed to be relevant to thrombosis were conspicuously rare in this series. In view of this fact, we re-evaluated the so-called risk factors and came to a conclusion that some of them-such as advanced age, venous valve number; coagulation assay data, orthopedic diagnosis, preoperative limitation of mobility, hypertension and blood group-that have been claimed to be relevant in fact seem to be irrelevant to deep vein thrombosis.
