Journal:
:trauma monthly
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alireza manafi rasi department of orthopedic and trauma surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, imam hossein hospital, shahid madani avenue, p.o. box: 1617763141, ir iran +98-9102122979, dr_ahf@yahoo.com
gholamhossein kazemian department of orthopedic and trauma surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, imam hossein hospital, shahid madani avenue, p.o. box: 1617763141, ir iran +98-9102122979, dr_ahf@yahoo.com
mohammad emami moghadam department of orthopedic and trauma surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, imam hossein hospital, shahid madani avenue, p.o. box: 1617763141, ir iran +98-9102122979, dr_ahf@yahoo.com
reza tavakoli larestani department of orthopedic and trauma surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, imam hossein hospital, shahid madani avenue, p.o. box: 1617763141, ir iran +98-9102122979, dr_ahf@yahoo.com
amirhossein fallahi department of orthopedic and trauma surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, imam hossein hospital, shahid madani avenue, p.o. box: 1617763141, ir iran +98-9102122979, dr_ahf@yahoo.com; department of orthopedic and trauma surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, imam hossein hospital, shahid madani avenue, p.o. box: 1617763141, ir iran +98-9102122979, dr_ahf@yahoo.com
ali nemati department of orthopedic and trauma surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, imam hossein hospital, shahid madani avenue, p.o. box: 1617763141, ir iran +98-9102122979, dr_ahf@yahoo.com
background there is controversy regarding routine prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis (dvt) in patients treated via a short leg cast or splint following lower extremity trauma. results there were 95 patients with an average age of 38 ± 13.7 (77.9% males); 46 patients had at least one risk factor for dvt. the d-dimer test was positive in 21(22.1%) patients. dvt was confirmed by due in 3 patient...