Rates of venous thromboembolism and use of thromboprophylaxis after major orthopedic surgery in patients with congenital hemophilia A or B : a systematic review

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BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a well-recognized complication after total joint replacement (TJR). Persons with hemophilia A or B are considered at low postoperative VTE risk due to their coagulation factor deficiencies, and administering pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis is often considered contraindicated. However, using factor replacement therapy could increase the postoperative VTE risk.

OBJECTIVES: To analyze best available evidences of VTE rates in persons with hemophilia A or B undergoing lower limb TJR and the use of postoperative pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis.

METHODS: We systematically screened 4 online biomedical databases to identify studies reporting VTE rates in patients with hemophilia after TJR. Case reports and case series with less than 10 patients were excluded.

RESULTS: Twenty-six observational studies were included in this systematic review, reporting 1181 TJRs in patients with hemophilia A or B. Eight studies had VTE rates as the primary outcome. Five studies reported screen-detected VTE, while 21 reported symptomatic VTE events. Overall, 17 VTE events were reported (1.4%; 95% CI, 0.9%-2.3%), including 10 (6.6%) after 151 surgeries with postoperative VTE screening and 7 (0.7%) after 1080 surgeries without postoperative screening. Thromboprophylaxis protocols were specified in 21 studies; postoperative thromboprophylaxis was used in 15 (1.3%) surgeries. This information was not available for 29.0% of the analyzed population.

CONCLUSION: Despite the low thromboprophylaxis use in patients with hemophilia, rates of symptomatic VTE after TJR appeared to be low. We also highlighted the need to better report the thrombotic outcome in persons with hemophilia to face the ongoing changes in the hemophilia landscape.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

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Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 22(2024), 4 vom: 01. März, Seite 1117-1131

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Santagata, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Abenante, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
Squizzato, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Dentali, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Donadini, Marco Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Ageno, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Pabinger, Ingrid [VerfasserIn]
Tiede, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Ay, Cihan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticoagulants
Hemophilia
Hemophiliac arthropathy
Journal Article
Systematic Review
Thromboprophylaxis
Thrombosis
Total joint replacement
Venous thromboembolism

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtha.2023.12.036

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NLM367064650