Six days following a left hemicolectomy for colorectal carcinoma, a 54-year-old woman experiences calf pain unilaterally. On physical examination, the affected side has a greater diameter than the other with calf tenderness. Which of the following investigations would be the next most appropriate step in management?
سؤال مجاني 6 من 10 اليوم · اشترك وكمّل بدون حد
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الإجابة والشرح
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الإجابة: B. Compression venous Doppler flow studies
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Peripheral Vascular Diseases (PVD).pdf · p. 7
Unilateral calf pain, swelling and tenderness on post-op day 6 after cancer surgery suggests DVT: malignancy and surgery are VTE risk factors, and the DVT window is days 5-7. The first investigation is non-invasive venous duplex/compression Doppler ultrasound.
- Venography is reserved for when duplex is inconclusive.
- X-ray and compartment pressure do not diagnose DVT.
- المصدر
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases (PVD).pdf · p. 7
Post-operative complications.pdf · p. 4 - المحاضرة
- Post-operative complications · General Surgery · Module D
- ظهر في
- Surgery QB (Module D) p. 163 Q10