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.