Isolated calf deep vein thrombosis / 中华普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the clinical features and risk factors of isolated calf deep vein thrombosis (ICDVT).Methods Age,gender,locations,clinical symptoms,and risk factors of the hospitalized patients who diagnosed with ICDVT in the Department of Vascular Surgery,the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.Results 122 hospitalized ICDVT patients were enrolled,accounting for 25.7％ of the patients with lower extremity deep vein thrombosis.Among them,41 cases (33.6％) were male,81 cases(66.4％) were female.The average age was 56.41 ±13.87 years.49 cases (40.0％) had left lower limb ICDVT,39 cases (32.0％) had right lower limb ICDVT;34 cases (28.0％) had both two lower limbs involved.Muscular calf vein thrombosis accounted for 77.9％ (95 cases).76 cases (62.3％) were painful.91 cases (74.6％) had swelling.Common risk factors included age (≥ 45 years) (85.2％),deficiency of natural anticoagulants (83.0％),surgery (45.9％) and malignant tumors (28.7％).Conclusions Pain and swelling were the main clinical symptoms of ICDVT.Age ≥ 45 years,deficiency of natural anticoagulants,surgery,and malignancy were main risk factors of ICDVT.