Scripps researchers recommend mobile compression device to prevent DVT after joint surgery

Research from the Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education at Scripps Clinic could change how patients are treated to prevent blood clots after joint replacement surgery. A study published as the lead article in the current issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery determined that after lower extremity joint replacement surgery a mobile compression device was just as effective as blood thinners in preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), but without negative side effects including…

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/sh-…