Margaret Said:

What would cause a dogs blood to not clot after surgery?

We Answered:

Was the dog tested for Von Willebrands Disease?

ADD: easier to post a link than for me to explain it http://upei.ca/cidd/Diseases/clinical%20…

Ruth Said:

DVT (Blood Clots) after surgery likely?

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They tend to give you some drug to stop DVT during and after the surgery. What you have is stiffness, Best of Luck

Bertha Said:

Does anyone know about blood clots after surgery?

We Answered:

I don't know that it is really a blood clot, it sounds like poor wound healing. If the wound/incision site is poking outward it could be due to a fluid collection or just the way it was sutured. A blood clot is more common after surgery, but not in the location of the surgery. Post-op blood clots are more likely to happen in your legs or other extremities after surgery because you are lying in bed and not moving around as much as usual (the same reason people are more likely to get clots in their legs after long plane flights). Go see your doctor or surgeon to take a look at the wound.

Sonia Said:

Blood Clots After Surgery?

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Blood clots in the deep veins and the lungs, formally called venous thromboembolism, have long been known as a possible complication after any form of surgery. The new study, using data on nearly 1 million women in the United Kingdom who were tracked for an average of 6.2 years after surgery, outlines the risk in precise detail.

One of every 140 women who had surgery that required a hospital stay was readmitted for venous thromboembolism within 12 weeks of the operation. The rate was highest for hip or knee replacement surgery at one in 45, and was one in 85 after cancer surgery. The incidence after operations not requiring a hospital stay was one in 815, the researchers found.
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Judy Said:

I developed a blood clot after knee surgery, am I now at risk in the future?

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Research data reports with some orthopedic surgeries especially hip surgeries and joint replacements post operative blood clot is common up to 85% of patients have blood clots. Of course they uaually don't have serious side effects. They are usually not diagnosed nor treated. They disolve just like bruises do. bruises are blood that has escaped the confines of blood vessels and is free in tissues.
Because orthoscopic surgeries usually have little blood due to puncture wounds rather than large incisions through muscles where blood is concentrated the risk of blood clots is reduced so clots from this procedure is not as likely. Often there is a tourniquet placed on the upper thigh during the procedure to prevent bleeding at the surgical site and sterile solution is used to rince the operative site to prevent bleeding from the site so the surgon can see with the scope.
A blood test called PT or prothrombin and PTT tells your doctor what your blood clotting factor is. An INR does this as well. Usually this is not done routinely on orthroscopic surgery due to the expected small amount of blood loss. This test would tell you if you have a higher risk of blood clots. You could express your concerns with your surgon or primary care doctor and be checked for increased blood clotting factors. Vit. E or low dose aspirin daily will thin the blood and decrease the risk of a blood clot. That's why heart patients often take an aspirin a day. An orthopedic surgon I know requested his joint patients to take an aspirin a day for the first 4-6 weeks post operatively to prevent blood clots. Some doctors give a heparin shot postoperatively to prevent blood clots.
Who knows about your insurance? Depends on their knowledge but after your surgery blood clots are unusual so shouldn't effect your insurance. Agree with you it is an isolated event. Should not increase the chance of you having other clots because this was caused by the trauma of surgery not an everyday activity.