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Case Reports
. 1992 May;1(3):187-9.
doi: 10.1177/096120339200100311.

Management of antiphospholipid antibody positivity and elective orthopedic procedures

W M Schnitz  1 , K A Lister, G A McCarty
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Case Reports

Management of antiphospholipid antibody positivity and elective orthopedic procedures

W M Schnitz et al. Lupus. 1992 May.

Abstract

Current management of primary or secondary antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) syndromes with known embolic phenomena requiring anticoagulation is empiric in the setting of elective orthopedic procedures. Short-term withdrawal of warfarin with continuance of aspirin and glucocorticoid therapy was undertaken for sequential bilateral knee replacements in a lupus patient with aPL. Her course was successfully managed without thrombo-embolic complications.

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