Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for patients receiving regional anesthesia following injury in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BACKGROUNDSoldiers with combat-related traumatic injury are at high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and often require regional anesthesia (RA) for pain control. We evaluated whether the recommended reduction in chemoprophylaxis in the presence of RA increases VTE rates.METHODSWe collected data