A prospective study to evaluate the use of surveillance venous ultrasonography to detect incidence of deep venous thrombosis following neurosurgical excision of brain tumors.
Reshma AmbulkarSwapnil Yeshwant ParabB VigneshVidyasagar NagargojeAmit JanuPrafulla ParikhAliasgar V MoiyadiPublished in: Journal of neurosciences in rural practice (2023)
A low incidence of DVT (1%) was detected in patients undergoing neurosurgeries for brain tumors. Prevalent thromboprophylaxis practices and a shorter period of post-operative surveillance could be the reasons for the low incidence of DVT.