The effect of electrical stimulation of the legs on postoperative thrombosis

✍ Scribed by G. E. Moloney; M. Tessa Morrell; R. H. Fell

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 364 KB
• Volume: 59
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800590118

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Stimulation of the muscles of the lower limbs during surgery was evaluated as a means of preventing postoperative leg-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Of 285 patients submitted to a major operation, 113 were stimulated and 172 were not. The two groups were closely similar in age, operations, anaesthesia, diseases, and severity of disease, but there was a negligeible difference in the rates of postoperative thrombosis.