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Leg , Thrombophlebitis/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Plethysmography/instrumentationABSTRACT
One hundred twenty-four patients, with 133 involved extremities having the clinical diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremity, were studied by phleborheography and phlebography. Seventy-two limbs were proved to have deep venous thrombosis and 61 to have no evidence of thrombi in the deep veins. Classic symptoms of muscle pain and muscle tenderness, swelling, and the presence of a positive Homans sign obtained by dorsiflexion of the foot were found to occur with approximately equal frequency in those limbs with and without deep venous thrombosis.
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Leg/blood supply , Thrombophlebitis/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Methods , Muscles , Pain , Phlebography , Prospective Studies , Thrombophlebitis/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
There has been further experience with a new plethysmographic technique for diagnosing deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremity. Now called phleborheography, this technique is highly practical and noninvasive and can be conveniently performed in the laboratory, at the bedside or in the office of the physician by a technician. Interpretation of the permanent tracing may be learned by a physician in a short period of time. Since development of a new specifically designed instrument, the accuracy of the test is approximately 96 per cent when correlatewith phlebography.
