Table 2.

Summary and synthesis of studies from the literature on DVT/PE in spinal surgery

Study	Total No. of patients	Prophylaxis	No. of symptomatic PEs	% PE	No. of DVTs	% DVT
Dearborn JT [4]	318	CS + IPC	8	2.5	1	0.3
Ferree BA [5]	60	CS	0	0	3	5
Oda T [11]	110	None	0	0	17	15.5
Rokito SE [12]	329	CS ± IPC ± coumarine	0	0	1	0.3
Smith MD [14]	317	CS + IPC	1	0.3	2	0.6
West JL [15]	41	None	0	0	6	14.6
Wood KB [16]	136	IPC	1	0.7	1	0.7
Total	1,311		10	0.8	31	2.4

CS compressive stockings and IPC intermittent pneumatic compression