Prevention of deep venous thrombosis in patients with acute spinal cord injuries: Use of rotating treatment tables

Daniel M. Becker; Marco L. Gonzalez; Amilcare Gentili; Frank Eismont; Barth A. Green

doi:10.1227/00006123-198705000-00001

Prevention of deep venous thrombosis in patients with acute spinal cord injuries: Use of rotating treatment tables

Daniel M. Becker, Marco L. Gonzalez, Amilcare Gentili, Frank Eismont, Barth A. Green

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A randomized clinical trial of 15 patients with acute spinal cord injuries was performed to test the hypothesis that rotating treatment tables prevent deep venous thrombosis in this population. Four of 5 control (nonrotated) patients developed distal and proximal thrombi, assessed by ¹²⁵I fibrogen leg scans and impedance plethysmography. In comparison, only 1 of 10 treated (rotated) patients developed both distal and proximal thrombosis (P = 0.007). These results suggest but do not prove that rotating treatment tables prevent the development of proximal deep venous thrombosis in spinal cord-injured patients. Larger clinical trials are needed to confirm this heretofore undocumented benefit of rotating treatment tables.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	675-677
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	20
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198705000-00001
State	Published - May 1987

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Deep venous thrombosis
Prevention
Rotating treatment table

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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