𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

The failure of compression stockings (tubigrip) to prevent deep venous thrombosis after operation

✍ Scribed by David S. Rosengarten; James Laird; K. Jeyasingh; Peter Martin

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1970
Tongue
English
Weight
373 KB
Volume
57
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

With this method of investigation it appears that compression stockings have no value in preventing venous thrombosis after operation. Clinical diagnosis is unreliable in detecting the presence of deep-vein thrombosis. We have confirmed that the incidence of deepvein thrombosis after operation is of the order of 30–35 per cent.

πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

The use of graduated compression stockin
The use of graduated compression stockings in the prevention of postoperative deep vein thrombosis
✍ A. Allan; J. T. Williams; J. P. Bolton; Professor L. P. Le Quesne πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1983 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 349 KB πŸ‘ 2 views

## Abstract The efficacy of graduated compression stockings in the prevention of postoperative deep vein thrombosis was studied in a randomized, prospective, controlled trial of 200 patients, aged 40 years and over, undergoing abdominal surgery (100 for benign disease, 100 for malignant conditions)