Introduction Despite a marked recent increase in the number of publications describing the
incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Asia, and especially in mainland China …

Patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty are at high risk for venous
thromboembolism (VTE) with an incidence of approximately 0.6–1.5%. Given the high …

Background Total hip and total knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) are increasing in incidence
annually. While these procedures are effective in improving pain and function, there is a risk …

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common in patients with trauma, and
thromboprophylaxis has been advocated. However, conflicting results regarding VTE rates …

Background We analyzed the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10)
diagnostic codes, procedure codes, and radiographic image codes for vertebral fracture (VF) …

Background The post-colonoscopy periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) risk in patients with
total prosthetic knee joints has limited research. The present study investigated the PJI risk …

Background: High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is often performed to postpone or avoid the need
for subsequent total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We designed the present study to investigate …

Background Heart failure (HF) is a common comorbidity in the aging population and they will
require major elective surgery. The purpose of this study is to determine if HF is a risk factor …

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) surgery for elderly people with multimorbidity increases the risk
of serious health hazards including mortality. Whether such background morbidity reduces …

Introduction Our study aims to investigate the incidence rate and risk factors for subsequent
revision in patients treated with UKA compared with those treated with HTO. Methods In this …