The effect of electrical stimulation of the legs on postoperative thrombosis
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 59 (1) , 65-68
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800590118
Abstract
Stimulation of the muscles of the lower limbs during surgery was evaluated as a means of preventing postoperative leg-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Of 285 patients submitted to a major operation, 113 were stimulated and 172 were not. The two groups were closely similar in age, operations, anaesthesia, diseases, and severity of disease, but there was a negligeible difference in the rates of postoperative thrombosis.Keywords
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