| Autor: |
J M, Ribaudo, R G, Hoellrich, W M, McKinnon, S E, Shuler |
| Rok vydání: |
1975 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The American surgeon. 41(5) |
| ISSN: |
0003-1348 |
| Popis: |
A prospective double-blind study was instituted in a group of 150 general surgical patients to test the effectiveness of mini-dose heparinization in the pre- and postoperative periods. There was a 21 per cent reduction in the incidence of deep venous thrombosis in the heparin treated group. A radiopharmaceutical imaging technique with 99m-technetium macroaggregated albumin was used to evaluate the deep venous system. The procedure proved to be simple, safe, and painless; however, it was difficult to differentiate venous stasis from deep venous thrombosis. A negative study was good evidence that deep venous thrombosis did not exist. An additional benefit of this procedure was that a perfusion lung study could be obtained which provided additional information regarding pulmonary embolism without injecting additional radiopharmaceutical. Again, the negative perfusion lung study provided more information. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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