Management of Thromboembolic Disease

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SINCE no thoroughly reliable means of prevention of venous thromboembolic disease exists the major concern of the physician or surgeon remains the management of the established case. The purpose of this report is to review the experience with the management of this disease at the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals over a ten-year period and the lessons learned from this experience. All such cases diagnosed from January 1, 1949, through December 31, 1958, were reviewed. Each distinct clinical episode was counted as a "case." When thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism occurred simultaneously the case was classified as one of pulmonary embolism. During the . . .

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