Compression socks are a deceptively simple accessory with a myriad of recovery benefits for runners, travellers, and people who spend all day on their feet. The right style of compression socks can ...

After a symptomatic deep vein thrombosis of the leg, the full 2-years wearing elastic compression stockings helps prevent post-thrombotic syndrome, the randomized OCTAVIA trial affirmed. Incidence of ...

IT IS now generally recognized that pulmonary embolism most commonly arises from clinically silent phlebothrombosis in the deep veins of the leg. 1–4 In their classic paper on this subject, Hunter and ...

Compression socks can help to prevent the backup of blood flow that can cause varicose veins in the legs. On today Health Minute, vascular surgeon Dr. Claire Griffin talks about what doctors recommend ...

...national stroke guidelines recommending the use of graduated compression stockings need to be updated Thigh-length graduated compression stockings offer no additional benefit over routine care for ...

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 ...

Antithrombotic medications are the mainstay of preventative therapy for deep-vein thrombosis (DVT); however, these drugs are associated with an increased risk of bleeding and are contraindicated in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Similar rates of post-thrombotic syndrome occurred in patients with deep vein thrombosis who wore elastic ...

May 29, 2009 (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 ...