TY - JOUR T1 - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline onPreventing Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Patients Undergoing Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty AU - Jacobs, Joshua J. AU - Mont, Michael A. AU - Bozic, Kevin John AU - Della Valle, Craig J. AU - Goodman, Stuart Barry AU - Lewis, Courtland G. AU - Yates, Jr. ,Adolph “Chick” J. AU - Boggio, Lisa N. AU - Watters, III ,William C. AU - Turkelson, Charles M. AU - Wies, Janet L. AU - Sluka, Patrick AU - Hitchcock, Kristin Y1 - 2012/04/18 N1 - 10.2106/JBJS.9408.ebo746 JO - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery SP - 746 EP - 747 VL - 94 IS - 8 N2 - The following is a summary of the recommendations of the AAOS’ clinical practice guideline, Preventing Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Patients Undergoing Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. This summary does not contain rationales that explain how and why these recommendations were developed, nor does it contain the evidence supporting these recommendations. All readers of this summary are strongly urged to consult the full guideline and evidence report for this information. We are confident that those who read the full guideline and evidence report will see that the recommendations were developed using systematic evidence-based processes designed to combat bias, enhance transparency, and promote reproducibility. SN - 0021-9355 M3 - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.9408.ebo746 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.9408.ebo746 ER -