If you score a 2 on Caprini DVT Scale & you use SCDs during your 5 hour Belt lipectomy, how much % does your DVT risk go down?

April 26, 2015
Asked By:foreveryoung908 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

if your surgeon uses sequential compression devices only during your surgery and you score a 2 on the caprini risk assessment, how much percentage would using Sequential compression devices reduce your chances of developing a DVT or PE in a healthy, 25 year old male patient undergoing a belt lipectomy?