TY - JOUR T1 - Low-pressure, knee-length compression stockings provide most comfort with no effect on thrombosis risk JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 89 LP - 89 DO - 10.1136/eb-2015-102165 VL - 19 IS - 3 AU - Muhammad Shafique Sajid Y1 - 2016/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/19/3/89.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Ayhan H, Iyigun E, Ince S, et al. A randomised clinical trial comparing the patient comfort and efficacy of three different graduated compression stockings in the prevention of postoperative deep vein thrombosis. J Clin Nurs 2015;24:2247–57.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedRoutine use of low-pressure knee-length graduated compression stockings could be implemented for surgical patients because of good compliance, with no impact on thrombosis risk.Multicentre randomised controlled trials recruiting a diverse range of hospitalised patients should be undertaken to validate the findings.The reported prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in hospitalised and surgical patients is 25% and 29%, respectively, with symptomatic pulmonary embolism of 3% resulting in 30-day mortality of 3–6%.1 ,2 Consequent post-thrombotic syndrome in approximately 43% of patients is a debilitating morbidity.1 ,2 Ayhan and colleagues randomised controlled trial briefly reported various modalities … ER -