Background Thrombocytosis can follow surgery and has occasionally been observed after major orthopaedic surgery. The aim of the present study was to ascertain the platelet count (PLTC) change in ...

Most patients say that the pain they experience after a knee replacement is most intense ... and be more active after surgery, which lowers their risk of surgical complications such as blood clots and ...

Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery. Zapping the vagus nerve ...

When you have mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT), you have a blood clot in a vein around where ... your doctor might send you straight to surgery either for treatment or to check your abdomen ...

Edoxaban, an oral anticoagulant, was equally or more effective than warfarin in reducing the risk of stroke and blood clots for patients after heart valve replacement surgery, according to ...

AN IRISH woman has told how she survived a terrifying near-death experience after a serious blood clot was diagnosed as ... the vein doesn't close fully between my knee and my groin.