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The efficacy of graduated compression stockings in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis after major gynaecological surgery
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04808.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 6, pages 588–591, June 1984
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TURNER, G. M., COLE, S. E. and BROOKS, J. H. (1984), The efficacy of graduated compression stockings in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis after major gynaecological surgery. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 588–591. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04808.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 6 June 1983 Accepted 25 September 1983
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Summary
The efficacy of graduated compression stockings in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after major gynaecological surgery was investigated in a controlled randomized prospective trial in 196 patients who were >35 years of age. The stockings were worn by 104 of the 196 patients throughout their stay in hospital, the other 92 patients did not wear the stockings (control group). All the patients were scanned for DVT postoperatively with the 125I-labelled fibrinogen test. None of the 104 patients who wore the stockings developed a thromboembolism, but four of the 92 control patients who did not wear the stockings had DVT. This difference between the two groups was statistically significant.