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Lower-limb vasospasm and renal failure during postoperative thromboprophylaxis. Case report
E Mattsson1, A Ohlin, B Balkfors
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Malmö General Hospital, Lund University, Sweden.
The European Journal of Surgery = Acta Chirurgica
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
In a 73-year-old woman with trimalleolar fracture, secondary acute ischemia of the limb and renal failure developed in association with heparin-dihydroergotamine thromboprophylaxis. Earlier cases of thromboprophylaxis-related angiospasm are briefly reviewed. The condition is infrequent, but trauma of extremities and shock are risk factors. Renal failure is rare.