Deep venous thrombosis (DVT): the four-letter word (well…three-letter acronym) that sneaks into every spine metastasis case and refuses to leave quietly.
All surgeons want to avoid it, but the million-dollar question remains — is it worth strapping your patient into BOTH intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) sleeves and graduated compression stockings (GCS), or are you just over-accessorizing?
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