Effects of rosuvastatin as an adjuvant treatment for deep vein thrombosis.

Background: Statins have been reported to help prevent the development and the recurrence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We conducted a prospective randomized clinical trial to compare the effects of rosuvastatin plus a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), bemiparin, with conventional LMWH therapy in the treatment of DVT.

Patients And Methods: In total, 234 patients were randomized into two groups, 116 in the LMWH group and 118 in the statin plus LMWH group.

Beneficial effects of intra-arterial and intravenous prostaglandin E1 in intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion injury.

Objectives: Ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is encountered in conditions that diminish intestinal blood flow. There is no clinically feasible technique available for mucosal preservation.

Methods: One hundred Wistar rats were subjected to intestinal ischaemia for 15 and 60 min (I15', I60'), followed by 1 and 7 days of reperfusion (R1d, R7d).

Low-molecular-weight heparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism after varicose vein surgery in moderate-risk patients: a randomized, controlled trial.

Background: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after varicose vein surgery (VVS) is not well recognized. Observational studies have yielded variable estimates of the risk, but evidence from randomized trials is lacking. Our aim was to compare the use of thromboprophylaxis with and without low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH).

Intraoperative embolization with poloxamer 407 during surgical resection of a carotid body tumor.

Surgical excision is the preferred definitive treatment for carotid body tumors, although postoperative morbidity rate as quoted in the literature is rather high. Morbidity includes cranial nerve dysfunction, stroke, and the majority severe blood loss. Embolization of the feeding branches of the external carotid artery can be performed a few days prior to surgery with the intention to decrease blood loss during operation, facilitate surgical resection, and reduce operating time and morbidity.