What is it about?

There is a lack of good-quality recent clinical data to support the use of mechanical methods to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Recommendations and meta-analyses have to rely on old data from evaluations of devices that are no longer available, with diagnostic methods that are obsolete. The aim of this narrative review is to examine the reasons why better recent evidence is not available, and how this will affect innovation in mechanical DVT prophylaxis.

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Why is it important?

Better-quality research studies will improve the use of these methods, and potentially benefit patients.

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This page is a summary of: Research quality in the study of mechanical methods of deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, Phlebology The Journal of Venous Disease, September 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0268355519877761.
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