Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®

, Volume 472, Issue 8, pp 2552–2553 | Cite as

Letter to the Editor: Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolus After Joint Arthroplasty: Stratification of Risk Factors

Letter to the Editor
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Keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Thalassemia Iron Deficiency Anemia Total Joint Arthroplasty Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of MedicineAfyon Kocatepe UniversityAfyonkarahisarTurkey
  2. 2.Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of MedicineAfyon Kocatepe UniversityAfyonkarahisarTurkey

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