Why the study?
What is the utility of prospective DVT surveillance and the incidence of perioperative venous thrombosis in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures?
Population
2643 patients who underwent neurosurgical procedures
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Until patients were ambulatory or discharged
Authors
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May support selective DVT surveillance after craniotomy; hypothesis-generating for routine screening benefit in neurosurgery.
What is the utility of prospective DVT surveillance and the incidence of perioperative venous thrombosis in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures?
Prospective DVT surveillance in neurosurgical patients reveals a 5.6% incidence of DVT, mostly asymptomatic, with craniotomy patients at higher risk and spinal surgery patients at lower risk.
William R. Flinn (1996) studied this question.
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