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JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 226-232Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE INC MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.11.008
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aspirin; heterotopic ossification; total hip arthroplasty
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Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a frequent. complication after total hip arthroplasty (THA). We retrospectively evaluated the prevalence and severity of HO in patients with osteoarthrosis who underwent 1-stage bilateral THA (OSBTHA) and compared those who received aspirin with those who received Coumadin for postoperative chemothromboprophylaxis. The aspirin group consisted of 66 patients (132 hips), with a mean age of 64 years (SD, 8.5). The Coumadin group consisted of 67 patients (134 hips), with a mean age of 60 years (SD, 10.2). Overall, HO was detected in 124 hips (46.6%). There were 43 hips (32.5%) with HO in the aspirin group and 81 (60.4%) in the Coumadin group (P < .00005). Aspirin significantly decreases the prevalence and severity of HO in comparison to Coumadin after OSBTHA.
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