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JOURNAL OF MAXILLOFACIAL & ORAL SURGERY
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 48-52Publisher
SPRINGER INDIA
DOI: 10.1007/s12663-016-0912-8
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Low-dose aspirin; Bleeding time; Postoperative bleeding
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Purpose To propose that low dose aspirin therapy need not be withdrawn for routine dental extraction procedure. Aim This study was designed to evaluate the post operative bleeding in patients on low dose aspirin therapy by dividing them into two groups: one with withdrawing and the other without withdrawing the regime before dental extraction. Materials and Methods This study included 80 patients on low dose aspirin therapy. They were divided into two groups of 40 patients each; Group I (control group) included patients on who were asked to stop the medication 5 days prior to dental extraction; Group II (test group) included patients who were asked not to stop the medication prior to dental extraction. Strict atraumatic extractions were performed by a single surgeon. Data were analyzed using the independent t'' test @ 80 % power. Results The mean pre-operative bleeding time in the control group was 87.75 s and the test group was 95.75 s which was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The mean pre-operative clotting time in the control group was 228.63 s and the test group was 246.25 s which was also statistically significant (p < 0.05). No patients in either group had any episode of prolonged postoperative bleeding following extraction from the surgical site and no local haemostatic measures had to be used except for one patient in Group II. Conclusion Authors conclude from this study that dental extraction procedures in patients on low-dose therapy can be safely carried out without stopping the antiplatelet therapy.
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