Prevention of postoperative deep-vein thrombosis by low-dose heparin in urological surgery

✍ Scribed by Kutnowski, M. ;Vandendris, M. ;Steinberger, R. ;Kraytman, M.

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 228 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0300-5623
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00256865

✦ Synopsis

The efficacy of low-dose heparin in preventing deep-vein thrombosis (D. V. T.) after urological surgery was investigated in a double-blind trial. Thromboses were detected by the 125I-labelled fibrinogen technique. The incidence of D. V. T. was 36% in the control group (25 patients) and 9% in the treated group (22 patients) (p less than 0.05). Contrary to the current opinion this form of prophylaxis was effective following open prostatectomy.