Abstract:Abstract:Objective To study the relationship between deep venous thrombosis(DVT) of lower extremity and Cockett′s syndrome(CS) in aged patients.
Methods Eighty nine patients with iliofemoral vein thrombosis, admitted during past 13 years, were divided into elder（>60 years）group and younger（≤60）group. Analysis of the pathogenesis of DVT in the 2 groups was made and the relationship of DVT and CS between the 2 groups was compared. There were 43 patients in elder group and 46 in younger group. All patients were treated by thrombectomy.
Results There were 25 (58.1%) patients with concomitant CS in elder group and 37 (80.4%) in younger group. There was a significant difference between the two groups (χ2=5.2274, P<0.05).
Conclusions CS is an important etiological factor for DVT. The incidence of DVT with CS in elder group is lower than that in younger group; but in the elderly, the incidence of DVT increases due to keeping to bed, trauma, fracture, tumor, high coagulability and other factors.