Prophylaxis for Perioperative Deep Vein Thrombosis at Our Hospital

Abstract

For prophylaxis and early diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the perioperative stage, we performed duplex scanning of leg veins and measured the serum D-dimer levels of patients under general anesthesia. Of the 289 cases, 190 were surgical and 99 were orthopedics operations. DVT occurred only in two cases (0.69%). In all cases patients had no symptoms, such as leg swelling and pain, and were cured without complication of pulmonary embolism. Duplex scan was very useful for the early diagnosis of DVT in perioperative stage.