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Aspirin, Xarelto show no difference in preventing venous thromboembolism after TJA

Source: Healio

Results showed 0.64% of patients in the aspirin group and 0.7% in the rivaroxaban group experienced venous thromboembolism. Researchers also found major bleeding complications in 0.47% of patients in the aspirin group and in 0.29% of patients in the rivaroxaban group. According to results, 1.29% of patients in the aspirin group and 0.99% of patients in the rivaroxaban group had clinically important bleeding.

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