Incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis in Hong Kong Chinese.
Postoperative deep vein thrombosis is considered to be rare in Chinese. The 125I-labelled fibrinogen test was used to determine the true incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis in Chinese. Deep vein thrombosis was found in 2.6 per cent, a very low incidence compared with Caucasian series.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
D005340:Fibrinogen