Prevention of postoperative leg vein thrombosis by electrical muscle stimulation. An evaluation with 125I-labelled fibrinogen.

Incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis in Nigerians using 125I-labelled fibrinogen.

Plasma 125 I-labelled fibrinogen clearance in diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis after myocardial infarction.

Plasma 125I-labelled fibrinogen clearance has been determined in 72 patients with myocardial infarction. No significant variation in clearance rates was observed whether or not deep venous thrombosis of the legs occurred. It is suggested that 125I-labelled fibrinogen clearance from the plasma is influenced by the degree of fibrinogen accumulation in the heart and by the degree of stability of t...

Prevention of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism following surgery.

The development of the 125I-fibrinogen technic in the diagnosis of postoperative deep vein thrombosis provides a valuable tool for the study of the condition itself and of the efficacy of prophylactic measures. These measures may be divided into two groups: the antistasis regimes and the antithrombotic regimes. Published reports based on the 125I-fibrinogen technic are critically reviewed. Alth...

Deep vein thrombosis after thoracotomy.

In a prospective study of 183 patients undergoing lateral thoracotomy the 125 I fibrinogen uptake test and perioperative heparin prophylaxis for deep-vein thrombosis were investigated. There was an incidence of deep vein thrombosis in 51% in untreated control patients. The heparin prophylaxis effectively reduced the incidence of deep venous thrombosis to 28% (P less than 0.005) without increasi...

Prevention of postoperative deep vein thrombosis in patients with malignant disease.

We have used the (125)I-fibrinogen test to asses the value of an improved method of peroperative intermittent calf compression as a prophylactic measure against postoperative thrombosis. In a group of 99 patients over the age of 40 undergoing operations lasting more than 30 minutes the technique reduced the incidence of postoperative thrombosis by over 75%. In patients suffering from malignant ...