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Brief clinical report| Volume 87, ISSUE 2, P230-232, February 1980

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Ipsilateral thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism after Cooper's ligament herniorrhaphy

  • Richard E. Brown
    Affiliations
    From the Departments of Surgery and Vascular Surgery, Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, N. J., USA

    From the Department of Surgery, Rutgers Medical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, N. J., USA
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  • Ronald J. Kinateder
    Affiliations
    From the Departments of Surgery and Vascular Surgery, Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, N. J., USA

    From the Department of Surgery, Rutgers Medical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, N. J., USA
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  • Norman Rosenberg
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    Reprint requests: Norman Rosenberg, M.D., F.A.C.S., Department of Surgery, Middlesex General Hospital, 180 Somerset St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
    Affiliations
    From the Departments of Surgery and Vascular Surgery, Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, N. J., USA

    From the Department of Surgery, Rutgers Medical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, N. J., USA
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      Abstract

      Five cases of Cooper's ligament herniorrhaphy are presented which were followed by ipsilateral deep vein thrombophlebitis and, in four instances, by pulmonary embolism. Possible compression of the femoral vein by too snug a repair is postulated.
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