Hospitals may be able to reduce their rates of venous thromboembolism, adverse events and overall costs by using a synchronized mobile compression and aspirin regimen following total joint replacement surgeries, according to a recent study.
The study was recently presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons 25th Annual Meeting in Dallas. It included a retrospective evaluation of more than 2,600 patients divided into two cohorts.
The first cohort consisted of patients who had previously been treated with an aggressive chemoprophylaxis protocol (using enoxaparin, rivaroxaban and warfarin). The second cohort consisted of patients either undergoing treatment with prophylactic synchronized mobile compression and aspirin or aggressive chemoprophylaxis.
Ultimately, the researchers found patients in the second cohort experienced lower rates of VTE, fewer adverse events, readmissions, infections and bleeding-related complications than the group treated with anticoagulation.
Additionally, hospital costs were significantly lower among the patients in the synchronized mobile compression and aspirin group than the first cohort.
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