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Table 3 Surgical and postoperative information, efficacy and safety in patients receiving preoperative and postoperative initiation of anticoagulation therapy

From: Incidence of venous thromboembolism and hemorrhage related safety studies of preoperative anticoagulation therapy in hip fracture patients undergoing surgical treatment: a case–control study

Characteristics

Preoperative Anticoagulation group

Postoperative anticoagulation group

Total

P value

(n=133)

(n=89)

(n=222)

Surgical information

    

 General anaesthesia, n (%)

37 (27.82)

17 (19.10)

54 (34.32)

 

 Surgery time (min),mean ± SD

173±43

180±53

176±34

0.287

 Intraoperative bleeding (mL),mean ± SD

208±183

228±179

216±135

0.204

 Intraoperative blood transfusion, n (%)

9 (6.77)

6 (6.74)

15 (6.76)

 

Postoperative information

    

 Postoperative blood transfusion, n (%)

22 (16.54)

13 (14.61)

35 (15.77)

 

 Postoperative drainage (mL),mean ± SD

212±154

244±196

225±133

0.403

 Reduction in hemoglobin concentrations (g/L)

23±11

27±13

25±14

0.143

 Hospital stays(days),mean ± SD

20±5

19±6

20±4

0.104

Efficacy assessment, n (%)

    

  Symptomatic DVT

1 (0.75)

1 (1.1)

2 (0.90)

 

  Symptomatic PE

2 (1.5)

1 (1.1)

3 (1.35)

 

Safety assessment, n (%)

    

  Major bleeding

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

  Minor bleeding

5 (3.76)

3 (3.37)

8 (3.60)

 

  Thrombocytopenia

0 (0)

1 (1.1)

1 (0.45)

 

  Elevated aminotransferase

0 (0)

1 (1.1)

1 (0.45)

 

  Suspicious allergic reaction

1 (0.75)

0 (0)

1 (0.45)