The term "economy class syndrome" was first coined in 1977 by Symington and Stack although the problem of thrombosis following prolonged sitting was recognised much earlier. Keith Simpson noted the phenomenon in patients sheltering during the London air raids in 1940 and the Boston surgeon John Homans (1954) recorded five cases including three which were […]
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