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Neurosurgical patients face a considerable risk of postoperative deep vein thrombosis, which is frequently asymptomatic, bilateral, and extends into proximal veins.
Neurosurgical patients are at high risk for postoperative DVT, which is frequently asymptomatic and proximal.
May warrant heightened postoperative DVT vigilance in neurosurgery; leaves open optimal prophylaxis strategies for RCTs.
This preliminary report on the use of 123I-fibrinogen and Doppler ultrasound techniques for the diagnosis of postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT), shows that neurosurgical patients are at considerable risk. The DVT was often asymptomatic, bilateral, and extended into the more proximal veins.
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Stephen N. Joffe (1975) studied this question. Neurosurgical patients face a considerable risk of postoperative deep vein thrombosis, which is frequently asymptomatic, bilateral, and extends into proximal veins.
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