Do Pulmonary Emboli Arise from Lower Extremity Distal Venous Thrombosis?
Podium No: 478 Thursday, February 17, 2011 05:36 PM – 05:42 PM Location: Room 6B Raviinder Parmar, MD, Philadelphia, PA Mehrad M Jaberi Alvin C Ong, MD, Linwood, NJ Fabio Orozco, MD, Egg Hbr Twp, NJ Peter F Sharkey, MD, Media, PA Javad Parvizi, MD, Philadelphia, PA Moderator(s): Mathias P G Bostrom, MD, New York, NY Douglas E Padgett, MD, New York, NY This study did not find a significant association between developing pulmonary emboli and distal venous thrombosis within 90 days after total joint arthroplasty. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an important complication that may occur following total joint arthroplasty (TJA). It is a commonly held belief that pulmonary emboli (PE) arise from distal venous thrombosis (DVT) in the majority of cases and that prevention of DVT will lead to a reduction in PE. The current study was designed to examine the association between symptomatic DVT and PE in a consecutive group of patients undergoing TJA. Between 2006 to 2010, 4,572 TJA arthroplasties
