Prescribing Aspirin for patients undergoing treatment for Myocardial Infarction is an accepted practice. Aspirin is prescribed as an adjunctive antiplatelet treatment following Stent implant in many patients. New research published reiterates the safety of Aspirin even in the condition of spinal injury and proceeding spinal surgery. Cardiac stent implant is common procedure in patients recovering from Myocardial Infarction.
Being in the older age group, these patients are also prone to other types of injuries such as spinal injury, due to various other factors related to age. Generally, in all the cases of orthopedic injury, preoperative discontinuation of anticoagulant therapy is standard of care. If patients with cardiac stent have to undergo such spinal surgery, this discontinuation may be risky. Many research articles published have highlighted that Aspirin withdrawal may cause…
