Abstracts tagged "complications and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 1421 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Risk Factor of Preoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Hiroki Wakabayashi¹, Masahiro Hasegawa¹, Sho Kato¹, Rui Niimi¹, Shinichi Miyazaki¹, Noriki Miyamoto¹ and Akihiro Sudo², ¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu City, Japan, ²Orthopaedic surgery, Mie University Postgraduate School of Medicine, Tsu-city, Japan
Background/Purpose: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) reliably relieves pain and improves function in patients with end-stage arthropathy of the knee such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The…