PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Criner, Katherine
TI  - Statins Reduce Postoperative VTE after Total Knee or Hip Replacement
DP  - 2014 May 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 12--12
VI  - 14
IP  - 2
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/2/12.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/2/12.full
AB  - Statins reduce postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) events in patients undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty. This article presents data from a retrospective study that evaluated the effect of statin use on postoperative VTE in patients who had undergone total knee or hip replacement.