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Fatal warfarin-induced skin necrosis after total hip arthroplasty
Jeffrey A Clark1, Barron R B Bremner
1Department of Orthopaedics, Michigan State University, Garden City Hospital, Garden City, Michigan, USA.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|December 13, 2002
Abstract:
Skin necrosis associated with warfarin anticoagulation is a rare but serious complication. Few cases of warfarin-induced skin necrosis are found in the orthopaedic literature. We report a fatal case of warfarin-induced skin necrosis after total hip arthroplasty.