THE INCIDENCE OF DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS AFTER UPPER TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY - A VENOGRAPHIC STUDY

Authors
TURNER RS GRIFFITHS H HEATLEY FW
Citation
Rs. Turner et al., THE INCIDENCE OF DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS AFTER UPPER TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY - A VENOGRAPHIC STUDY, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 75(6), 1993, pp. 942-944
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301620X
Volume
75
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
942 - 944
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-620X(1993)75:6<942:TIODTA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We performed postoperative venography on 84 consecutive patients who h ad undergone upper tibial osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthri tis of the knee. Deep-vein thrombosis was demonstrated in 41%. Only 15 % of the cases were diagnosed clinically, an in the calf veins. Cases of proximal thromboses (3) and mixed-vein thromboses (12) were only re vealed by venography.