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J A n U A R Y 2 0 1 8 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 6 3 O f all surgery's risks, developing blood clots of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is one of the most dangerous — and one of the deadliest. It's also one of the most sinister. It's impossible to detect DVT about half of the time because there are no symptoms when a blood clot forms inside a vein, deep within the body very often in the thigh or Catch DVT If You Can Deep vein thrombosis is completely treatable if caught in time, but the symptoms aren't always easy to spot. • FATAL RISK When blood clots break off and travel to another part of the body, such as the lungs, it's called a pulmonary embolism — and it can be fatal. Joseph A. Caprini, MD, MS, FACS, RVT | Evanston, Ill.

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