Interpretation of the PREVENT study findings on the adjunctive role of intermittent pneumatic compression to prevent venous thromboembolism

Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece; Department of Surgery, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus; NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, Ill and Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA Correspondence to: Stavros K. Kakkos, MD, MSc, PhD, RVT. Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, 26504, Greece. Email: kakkos@upatras.gr. Provenance: This is an invited article commissioned by the Academic Editor Dr. Zhiyuan Wu (Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany). Comment on: Arabi YM, Al-Hameed F, Burns KEA, et al. Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1305-15.