Preventative care for obstetric related venous thromboembolism (VTE). Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the leading cause of maternal death in the developed world. Patients are 5 times more likely to develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT) during pregnancy2. The UK incidence of VTE in pregnancy and the puerperium is 1–2 episodes per 1,000 patients3 and accounts for 10% of all maternal deaths in the United States.
Preventing the build-up of post-operative oedema following orthopaedic surgery. Swelling in the knee, in the acute recovery period following TKR, can impair quadriceps muscle strength and rehabilitation.
Current practice acknowledges that a reduction in venous stasis of the lower limb reduces DVT incidence in acute stroke patients1. It is also recognised that DVT is a blood clot that most commonly forms in the deep veins of the calf.
Accelerating readiness for theatre in patients requiring Open Reduction Internal Fixation (ORIF).
Preventing the build-up of post-operative oedema in Total Hip Replacement patients, during and after surgery. Elective and fractured hip patients, particularly those with comorbidities and compromised vasculature, are at greater risk of post-operative complications such as oedema which can impair local tissue perfusion and surgical wound healing.
Providing venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis to all at risk hospital patients. NICE guidance (MTG19) supports the geko™ device to reduce thromboembolism risk for patients when other mechanical and pharmacological methods of prophylaxis are impractical or contraindicated.
Leg ulcers occur as a result of various aetiologies. It is thought that more than half are of venous origin, while the remainder are due to arterial, mixed arterial/venous or other pathologies.
Chronic wounds represent a silent epidemic that affects a large percentage of the world population and poses a major and gathering threat to the public’s health and the global economy.