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Table 3 Incidences of primary effectiveness outcomes in patients receiving THA

From: Venous thromboembolism after total joint arthroplasty: results from a Japanese multicenter cohort study

 

Fondaparinux

Enoxaparin

UFH

Others

Medication (-)

Total

n = 261 (%)

n = 148 (%)

n = 32 (%)

n = 44 (%)

n = 383 (%)

n = 868 (%)

All venous thromboembolism

17 (6.5)

17 (11.5)

5 (15.6)

8 (18.2)

62 (16.2)

109 (12.6)

  Any DVT (up to POD10 )

17 (6.5)

17 (11.5)

5 (15.6)

8 (18.2)

62 (16.2)

109 (12.6)

  Symptomatic DVT

0

1 (0.7)

0

0

1 (0.3)

2 (0.2)

   Distal

0

1 (0.7)

0

0

1 (0.3)

2 (0.2)

   Proximal

0

0

0

0

0

0

  Non-symptomatic DVT

17 (6.5)

16 (10.8)

5 (15.6)

8 (18.2)

61 (15.9)

107 (12.3)

   Distal

15 (5.7)

13 (8.8)

3 (9.4)

8 (18.2)

51 (13.3)

90 (10.4)

   Proximal

2 (0.8)

3 (2.0)

2 (6.3)

0

10 (2.6)

17 (2.0)

  PE (up to POD28)

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. CI, confidence interval; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism; POD, post-operative day; THA, total hip arthroplasty; UFH, unfractionated heparin.