The Safety of Hand Surgery in the Anticoagulated Patient

Completed

Conditions studied: Hand Surgery

In brief

If operating on the anticoagulated patient has been safe for one of the investigators' surgeons for the past 10 years then providing prospective data that substantiates this could prevent complications related to the discontinuation of anticoagulation for hand surgery patients in the future.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00954928

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

398

Starts

2009-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults over 18 years of age
• Taking daily anti-coagulant medication
• Having hand or wrist surgery

You may not qualify if…

• Surgery proximal to wrist
• Pregnant females
• INR > 3.5

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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