title: Deep venous thrombosis in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.
abstract: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a well-known complication of an acute spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the prevalence of DVT in patients with chronic SCI has only been reported in a limited number of studies. The aim of our study was to examine the prevalence of DVT in patients with SCI beyond three months after injury.
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  
  Rehabilitation Department at the Bydgoszcz University Hospital in Poland.
  
  
  
  Sixty-three patients with SCI that were more than 3 months post injury. The patients, ranging in age from 13 to 65 years, consisted of 15 women and 48 men; the mean age of the patients was 32.1 years. The time from injury varied from 4 to 124 months.
  
  
  
  Clinical assessment, D-dimer and venous duplex scan.
  
  
  
  The venous duplex scan revealed DVT in 5 of the 63 patients. The post-injury time in four of the patients varied between 4 and 5 months; one patient was 42 months post-injury.
  
  
  
  DVT occurred in patients with chronic SCI, mainly by the 6th post injury month.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Rehabilitation Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mackiewicz-Milewska
authors.affiliation: b University of Technology and Live Science Bydgoszcz , Poland.
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: c Kroszczynski Medical Practice , Kalisz , Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Kroszczyński
authors.affiliation: d Department of Phoniatry and Audiology , Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mackiewicz-Nartowicz
authors.affiliation: e Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging , Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Serafin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Rehabilitation Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cisowska-Adamiak
authors.affiliation: f Department of Biophysic Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pyskir
authors.affiliation: a Department of Rehabilitation Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szymkuć-Bukowska
authors.affiliation: a Department of Rehabilitation Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hagner
authors.affiliation: g Department of Patophysiology Collegium , Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University , Poland.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rość
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Paraplegia; Quadriplegia; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia; Venous thrombosis