Deep Vein Thrombosis

Authors

Amy Young, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lindsey Perea, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

3-2025

Abstract

• Deep vein thrombosis is the most common preventable cause of death in surgical patients.
• Early recognition of deep vein thrombosis and prompt treatment is critical in preventing progression of the disease and possible pulmonary embolism.
• Prevention of deep vein thrombosis in surgical patients is also critical, and the indications and contraindications should be well understood.
• The most common treatment for deep vein thrombosis is anticoagulation; however the indications for thrombectomy should be understood and recognized from a general surgery perspective.

Publication Title

Passing the General Surgery Oral Board Exam

First Page

413

Last Page

415

Comments

This chapter was published in Passing the General Surgery Oral Board Exam, Third Edition.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78244-2_120.

Copyright © 2025 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Recommended Citation

Young, Amy and Perea, Lindsey, "Deep Vein Thrombosis" (2025). PCOM Scholarly Works. 2318.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/2318 DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78244-2_120