Thromboelastography in elective total hip arthroplasty

doi:10.5312/wjo.v12.i8.555

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 12, Issue 8

This Article

Academic Content and Language Evaluation of This Article

CrossCheck and Google Search of This Article

Academic Rules and Norms of This Article

Supplementary Materials of This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Research Domain of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Number of Hits and Downloads for This Article

Total Article Views (4891)

All Articles published online

The chart showing PDF series, WORD series, HTML series, Tables (1-3) series.

Item

Count

PDF

282

WORD

134

HTML

2237

Tables (1-3)

373

Sum=3026

Publishing Process of This Article

The chart showing Browse series, Download series.

Item

Count

Browse

529

Download

1336

Sum=1865

Aug 18, 2021 (publication date) through Feb 21, 2025

Times Cited of This Article

Times Cited (2)

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Orthopedics

ISSN

2218-5836

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Observational Study

World J Orthop. Aug 18, 2021; 12(8): 555-564
Published online Aug 18, 2021. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v12.i8.555

Table 2 Perioperative thromboelastography findings in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty

TEG parameter	Type	Baseline	Mid-point of surgery	End of surgery	Post-op day 1	Post-op day 2	Post-op day 5
Reaction time (R time, min)	GA	3.0 (2.6-3.6)	2.4 (1.8-3.1)	2.2 (1.8-2.4)	2.9 (2.1-3.8)	3.1 (2.3-5.0)	4.0 (2.4-5.2)
	SA	3.0 (2.7-3.8)	2.5 (1.3-3.0)^a	2.2 (1.4-2.4)^b	2.9 (2.3-41)	2.8 (2.3-3.7)	3.8 (2.7-5.7)
Clot kinetics time (K time, min)	GA	4.2 (3.6-5.1)	3.3 (2.5-4.1)	3.0 (2.8-3.4)	3.9 (2.6-5.6)	3.7 (2.7-6.4)	5.3 (3.3-7.1)
	SA	4.4 (3.8-5.1)	3.2 (2.0-4.1)^a	2.8 (2.3-3.3)^b	4.2 (3.2-5.8)	3.7 (2.9-5.0)	5.4 (3.9-8.0)
Clot formation angle (degrees)	GA	36 (30-43)	50 (39-58)	43 (34-53)	44 (33-54)	46 (31-58)	41 (33-50)
	SA	35 (29-40)	47 (36-57)^b	45 (40-57)^b	43 (28-49)	49 (37-57)^b	36 (25-47)
Maximum amplitude (mm)	GA	62 (56-68)	68 (63-71)	65 (54-71)	71 (66-76)^a	77 (70-81)^b	77 (74-81)^b
	SA	61 (54-65)	64 (59-69)	63 (58-68)	69 (66-75)^b	74 (70-81)^b	78 (72-82)^b
Clot lysis (LY60%)	GA	5 (3-6)	4 (3-7)	4 (2-7)	6 (2-7)	5 (3-6)	3 (1-4)
	SA	4 (4-6)	4 (2-5)	4 (2-4)	7 (5-10)^a	5 (4-9)	3 (2-7)

All results are presented as median with interquartile range.

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01 compared to baseline in each group. GA: General anesthesia; SA: Spinal anesthesia; TEG: Thromboelastography; LY60%: Fibrinolysis index. (Normal reference ranges: R time: 4-9 min, K time: 1-3 min. Angle: 59-74 degrees, Maximum amplitude: 55-70 millimeters, LY60: 0%-8%)

Citation: Lloyd-Donald P, Lee WS, Liu GM, Bellomo R, McNicol L, Weinberg L. Thromboelastography in elective total hip arthroplasty. World J Orthop 2021; 12(8): 555-564
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v12/i8/555.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v12.i8.555