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Credit for fundamental studies leading to our current understanding of deep-vein thrombosis should be given to Bauer, who used phlebography to diagnose deep-vein thrombosis complicating fractures of the tibia,¹ and to Sevitt and Gallagher for their autopsy-based studies of the prevalence of venous thromboembolism in patients with other injuries^2,3. The development of objective methods for the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis has facilitated the investigation of its natural history and has provided a rational basis for its prevention and treatment.

Diagnosis

Most venous thrombi are clinically silent when they are first detectable by objective methods,^2,4 probably because they do not totally . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Clinical Epidemiology of Venous Thromboembolism

Treatment

Surgical Treatment of Acute Deep-Vein Thrombosis

Thrombolytic Treatment

Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism

Antithrombotic Drugs

Antiplatelet Agents

Physical Measures

Surveillance

Venous Interruption

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From the Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Salzman at the Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215.

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