%0 Journal Article
%A Weinberg, Ido
%A Giri, Jay
%A Kolluri, Raghu
%A Arcelus, Juan Ignacio
%A Falgá, Conxita
%A Soler, Silvia
%A Braester, Andrei
%A Bascuñana, José
%A Gutiérrez-Guisado, Javier
%A Monreal, Manuel
%A RIETE Investigators
%T Characteristics, treatment patterns and outcomes of patients presenting with venous thromboembolic events after knee arthroscopy in the RIETE Registry.
%D 2018
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12925
%X Knee arthroscopy is the most common orthopedic procedure worldwide. While incidence of post-arthroscopy venous thromboembolic events (VTE) is low, treatment patterns and patient outcomes have not been described. Patients from the "Registro Informatizado Enfermedad TromboEmbolica" who had confirmed post-arthroscopy VTE were compared to patients with provoked, post bone-fracture, and to patients with unprovoked VTE. Baseline characteristics, presenting signs and symptoms, treatment and outcomes including recurrent VTE, bleeds or death were compared. A total of 101 patients with post-arthroscopy VTE and 19,218 patients with unprovoked VTE were identified. Post-arthroscopy patients were younger (49.5 vs. 66 years, P 
%K Anticoagulation
%K Arthroscopy
%K Deep vein thrombosis
%K Knee arthroscopy
%K Pulmonary embolism
%K Venous thromboembolism
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