Apixaban and Rivaroxaban Safety After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 08/09/2012
Evidence Based Medicine
Clinical Article
Alves C et al. – No differences were found when thromboprophylaxis after hip replacement was the case. Apixaban seems to be associated with a lower risk of the incidence of hemorrhagic events after total knee arthroplasty. For hip arthroplasty, no differences were found between the studied drugs.



