Arterial complications, venous thromboembolism and deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review

Table 6 Incidence of venous thromboembolism

Ref.	ACLR (n)	Incidence DVT (n)	Incidence sympt DVT (n)	Incidence PE(n)	Thromboprophylaxis	Risk of bias
Adala et al[6]	112	2	1	0	No	Low
Cullison et al[10]	67	1		0	No	-
Dong et al[8]	152	11		NA	No	-
Jamesonet al[28]	13941	42	42	25	NA	-
Maletis et al[11]	15101	26		15	NA	-
Marlovits et al[20]	140 (72 vs 68)	2 vs 28		0	Yes	-
Mohtadi et al[21]	330	1	1	1	NA	-
Struijk-Mulder et al[5]	100	9	4	1	No	Low
Sun et al[29]	231	36		0	No	Low
Williams et al[24]	23	0	0	0	No	-
Ye et al[4]	171	24		0	No	-

Pooled incidence: All DVT: 79/14093 = 9.7%; symptomatic DVT: 5/235 = 2.1%; all DVT of low risk bias studies: 47/443 = 10.6%; PE = 1/704 = 0.1%. ACLR: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; DVT: Deep venous thrombosis; sympt: Symptomatic; PE: Pulmonary embolism; NA: Not applicable.