Eduardo A. Salvati Advanced Search Eduardo A. Salvati, M.D. Clinical Professor Department of Surgery Thromboembolism and infection in total hip replacement Thromboembolism is the most life-threatening complication after total hip replacement. Our research has focused on establishing the timing and intensity of the activation of the clotting cascade during and immediately after surgery and the measures which can blunt the thrombogenesis to reduce the postoperative risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
Infection is the most devastating local complication after total hip replacement.
Our research has focused on measures to prevent this complication and the therapeutic options to cure the infection. Hypotensive epidural anesthesia for total hip replacement. Chapter 81, The adult hip. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998. Weill Medical College of Cornell University.