AbstractThe effect of galvanic stimulation of the calf muscles during surgical operations on the development of postoperative deep‐vein thrombosis was assessed using125I fibrinogen in 64 patients over 40 years of age undergoing major surgery. Alternate legs were stimulated in alternate patients using the opposite leg as a control. No significant difference in the incidence of deep‐vein thrombosis was observed either in the immediate postoperative period or la