Why the study?
Does knee-high intermittent pneumatic compression prophylaxis prevent deep venous thrombosis in adult cancer patients undergoing major lower limb orthopedic surgery?
Population
169 adult patients with a malignant neoplasm undergoing major orthopaedic surgery of the lower limb
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative
Authors
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High proximal DVT rates persist despite knee-high IPC; hypothesis-generating for intensified prophylaxis trials in cancer orthopedic patients.
Does knee-high intermittent pneumatic compression prophylaxis prevent deep venous thrombosis in adult cancer patients undergoing major lower limb orthopedic surgery?
Adult cancer patients undergoing major lower limb orthopedic surgery have a substantial risk of proximal DVT (14.2%) despite prophylaxis with intermittent pneumatic compression devices.
Lin et al. (1998) studied this question.
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