Low incidence of deep venous thrombosis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
✍ Scribed by Özdemir Aktan, A. ;Günal, Ömer ;Bíren, Tuĝrul ;Yeĝen, Cumhur ;Yalin, Rifat
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 251 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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Patients who undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) are operated on under general anesthesia, in a reverse Trendelenburg position, with 12-15-mmHg pneumoperitoneum. All of these factors can induce venous stasis of the legs, which may lead to postoperative deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). The objective
## Abstract In order to determine the incidence of pre-operative and postoperative deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients not receiving prophylactic anticoagulant therapy, bilateral phlebography was performed in a prospective study pre-operatively and on the 9th postoperative day, in 51 consecuti