Necrotizing skin lesions induced by enoxaparin after knee arthroplasty
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Skin necrosis caused by heparins is a rare complication. We report a case of a 71-year-old woman who developed the unusual complication of focal necrotizing skin lesions in the injection site after undergoing thromboprophylaxis with enoxaparin after right knee arthroplasty. Laboratory investigations for heparine-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), disseminated intravascular coagulation, protein C, protein S, factor V, factor VIII, antithrombin III, and homocysteine deficiency were negative. Fortunately, despite aggressive management, the postoperative evolution was uneventfully.
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Enoxaparin-induced skin necrosis at injection site after total knee arthroplasty
Enoxaparin is a widely used low-molecular-weight heparin for perioperative thromboembolic prophylaxis. Enoxaparin-induced skin necrosis in the setting of arthroplasty has been rarely reported in the literature with varying outcomes and management decisions. Our patient developed skin necrosis at his injection site and thrombocytopenia 10 days following left total knee arthroplasty surgery and a...
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