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Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging for Assessment of Spinal Cord Blood Flow in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury
Published on: May 7, 2015
Deep venous thrombosis in patients with chronic spinal cord injury
Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska1, Stanisław Jung2, Andrzej C Kroszczyński3
1a Department of Rehabilitation Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
Context/Objective:
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a well-known complication of an acute spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the prevalence of DVT in patients with chronic SCI has only been reported in a limited number of studies. The aim of our study was to examine the prevalence of DVT in patients with SCI beyond three months after injury.
Design:
Cross-sectional study.
Setting:
Rehabilitation Department at the Bydgoszcz University Hospital in Poland.
Participants:
Sixty-three patients with SCI that were more than 3 months post injury. The patients, ranging in age from 13 to 65 years, consisted of 15 women and 48 men; the mean age of the patients was 32.1 years. The time from injury varied from 4 to 124 months.
Outcome Measures:
Clinical assessment, D-dimer and venous duplex scan.
Results:
The venous duplex scan revealed DVT in 5 of the 63 patients. The post-injury time in four of the patients varied between 4 and 5 months; one patient was 42 months post-injury.
Conclusion:
DVT occurred in patients with chronic SCI, mainly by the 6th post injury month.
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