Re: Air travel 4 weeks post op
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:30:27 -0500 (CDT)
If you get up and walk around and stretch your legs every 1-1.5 hours
(as I do with any longer trip, plane or car), you should have not
greater chance of DVT than anyone else, especially 4 weeks post op.
HSM
At Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Jules wrote:
>
>Hi everyone. I am having a TAH on October 20, is it safe for me to take
>a 10 hour air flight on the 20th November. Am I at risk of DVT? Thanks
>very much!
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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