Journal article
RELEVANCE OF PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE BLOOD TESTS TO POSTOPERATIVE LEG-VEIN THROMBOSIS
Abstract
Fourteen tests of hæmostasis and fibrinolysis were done before and after major elective surgery in 73 patients. The patients were also studied with 125I-fibrinogen scanning, and 27 developed scan evidence of postoperative leg-vein thrombosis. Patients with thrombosis had a significantly shorter partial thromboplastin-time (P.T.T.) before surgery (mean 35.9 seconds) than patients without thrombosis (mean 38·8 seconds). They also had a …
Authors
Gallus AS; Hirsh J; Gent M
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 302, No. 7833, pp. 805–809
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 1973
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(73)90855-6
ISSN
0140-6736