The influence of electrical stimulation of the leg during surgical operations on the subsequent development of deep‐vein thrombosis | Zendy

Dejode L. R. | Zendy; Khurshid M. | Zendy; Walther W. W. | Zendy

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The influence of electrical stimulation of the leg during surgical operations on the subsequent development of deep‐vein thrombosis

Author(s) -

Dejode L. R.,

Khurshid M.,

Walther W. W.

Publication year - 1973

Publication title -

british journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1365-2168

pISSN - 0007-1323

DOI - 10.1002/bjs.1800600108

Subject(s) - medicine , deep vein , thrombosis , surgery , stimulation , vein , incidence (geometry) , significant difference , physics , optics

The effect of galvanic stimulation of the calf muscles during surgical operations on the development of postoperative deep‐vein thrombosis was assessed using 125 I fibrinogen in 64 patients over 40 years of age undergoing major surgery. Alternate legs were stimulated in alternate patients using the opposite leg as a control. No significant difference in the incidence of deep‐vein thrombosis was observed either in the immediate postoperative period or later.

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