Aspirin for prevention of venous thromboembolism in recipients of major lower-limb orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review of level I evidence.

CONCLUSIONS: Aspirin may be a viable alternative to established thromboprophylactic regimes for primary prevention of VTE, however in the setting of secondary prevention it is generally less efficacious.Future studies should have clearly identified and comparable outcome measures, with direct comparisons and assessment of intervention combination, dosing and treatment duration. PMID: 31580039 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Angiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Angiol Source Type: research