Baker WH, Mahler DK, Foldes MS, Michelini MA, Hayes AC, Littooy FN, Greisler HP
Pneumatic compression devices for prophylaxis of deep venous thrombosis (DVT).
Am Surg 1986 Jul;52(7):371-3

A pneumatic compression device was applied to 155 patients with a normal Doppler
venous examination who underwent a general surgical procedure of at least 1 hr in
duration. One hundred fifty-three patients had neither PE nor DVT clinically or by
Doppler studies, one patient had a venographically proven DVT, and one patient had
a clinical pulmonary embolism verified by lung scanning. Using clinical and Doppler
criteria, the device was effective in the prophylaxis of thromboembolic
complications.