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Filter by:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) causes up to 100,000 deaths annually. Between 10%-30% of patients die within one month of VTE diagnosis, while survivors remain at increased risk for VTE recurrence or other complications like post-thrombotic syndrome or chronic pulmonary hypertension in the following decade. Trauma patients have many risk factors that predispose them to a VTE. During the first 48 hours after blunt trauma, patients are prothrombotic due to the release of procoagulant factors, have excessive thrombin generation due to extensive tissue and vascular injury, and have reduced circulation of endogenous anticoagulants like protein C.
The purpose of this study is to determine if additional interventions will assist with decreasing the risk and/or severity of thromboembolism (clotting complications) in patients who have experienced a major traumatic event.
Aspirin and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) are both commonly employed pharmacologic methods of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis after orthopaedic surgery. Data comparing these two methods of VTE prophylaxis in patients undergoing pelvic/lower extremity orthopaedic surgery for malignancy are lacking, however, as compared to the data and guidelines present for VTE chemoprophylaxis after joint arthroplasty and hip fracture surgery. In this clinical trial, our specific aim is to compare the post operative incidence of VTE between patients receiving aspirin and LMWH after pelvic/lower extremity orthopaedic oncology procedures.