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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 82:1196 (2000)
© 2000 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Letters to The Editor

Thromboembolic Prophylaxis

Andrew A. Freiberg, M.D. and Augusto Sarmiento, M.D.

Section of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Michigan Medical Center Second Level Taubman Center University Hospitals, Box 0328 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0328
The Arthritis and Joint Replacement Institute 1150 Campo Sano Avenue, Suite 301 Coral Gables, Florida 33146

To The Editor:

I read the article "Thromboembolic Prophylaxis with Use of Aspirin, Exercise, and Graded Elastic Stockings or Intermittent Compression Devices in Patients Managed with Total Hip Arthroplasty" (81-A: 339-346, March 1999), by Sarmiento and Goswami, with great interest. The authors should be congratulated on such a detailed and scholarly clinical study.

Dr. Sarmiento and Dr. Goswami commented that their current prophylactic regimen is inexpensive in that it uses aspirin, exercise, and graded elastic stockings or intermittent compression devices. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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