Healthline

Using Compression Stockings for Deep Vein Thrombosis

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a condition that occurs when blood clots form in veins deep inside your body. These clots can occur anywhere in the body. However, this condition often affects the lower ...
Science Daily

Immediate compression could help prevent complications after deep-vein thrombosis

Immediate compression could help prevent complications after deep-vein thrombosis Study supports use of this simple, low-cost intervention even for patients without symptoms Date: September 20, 2018 ...
equities

Researchers Submit Patent Application, “Methods of Providing DVT Prophylactic Therapy Using a Passive Motion Machine”, for Approval

The patent’s assignee is Continuous Motionflow, Llc. News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “It is estimated that more than a million ...
WebMD

What Are the Benefits of Compression Therapy for DVT and Circulation?

Compression therapy means using compression socks, stockings, boots, or bandages to apply gentle pressure to the leg. Doctors have prescribed compression therapy for thousands of years, as far back as ...
News Medical

Reducing DVT and leg ulcers through personalized compression socks

insights from industryDr Jim HamptonMedical Advisor,Isobar Compression An interview with Dr Jim Hampton, Medical Advisor at Isobar Compression, conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Cantab) What was ...
Mena FN

Intermittent DVT Leg Compression Device: How It Works And When To Use It

(MENAFN- GetNews) Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a serious medical condition where blood clots form in the deep veins, most commonly in the legs. It can lead to severe complications such as pulmonary ...
WebMD

Compression Stockings: Benefits and Side Effects

Compression stockings, also known as compression socks, are specially made socks that fit tighter than normal so they gently squeeze your legs. Wearing them helps improve your blood flow and reduces ...
Becker's ASC

DVT prevention in ASCs: Mobile compression post-discharge as the next frontier

Pulmonary embolism is the second leading cause of death in the United States, right behind heart disease. Around 300,000 people die each year due to pulmonary embolism, and deep vein thrombosis ...
Medscape

No benefit of compression stockings in DVT prevention after stroke

Stockholm, Sweden - A new randomized trial shows no benefit from the use of thigh-length graduated compression stockings (GCS) to prevent proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients immobilized by ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ask the doctors: Wearing compression socks on long flights helps with DVT

Dear Doctors: My job requires a lot of travel, including long-haul flights. My mom says that I need to start wearing compression socks so I do not get a blood clot. I’m 27, not overweight and in good ...
Healio

Iliac vein compression not cause of iliac DVT

According to a retrospective study, iliac vein compression appears to be a promoter of, but not a cause of, iliac deep vein thrombosis. “The clinical significance of this study is that endovascular ...