title: Prevention of postoperative deep-vein thrombosis by low-dose heparin in open prostatectomy.
abstract: A double-blind trial was designed to investigate the efficacy of low-dose heparin in preventing deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) after open prostatectomy... The diagnosis of DVT was established by the 125I-fibrinogen test. The incidence of DVT was 39.4% in the control group (33 patients) and 9.7% in the heparin group (31 patients) (p less than 0.01). These results suggest that low-dose heparin effectively prevents DVT after open prostatectomy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin