The management of superficial venous incompetence

SUMMARY POINTS Venous disease should be categorised according to the CEAP (clinical, (a)etiology, anatomy, pathophysiology) classification Duplex ultrasound is the gold standard for diagnosis of superficial venous incompetence The aim of treatment is to reduce symptoms All treatment modalities seem...

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Published in:BMJ 2011-08, Vol.343 (7818), p.308-311
Main Authors: Boezem, P B van den, Klem, T M A L, d’Armandville, E le Cocq, Wittens, C H A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ablation Techniques - methods
Classification
CLINICAL REVIEW
Clinical trials
Compression therapy
Disease management
Edema
Foams
Health risk assessment
Humans
Incompetence
Laser ablation
Lasers
Leg - blood supply
Ligation
Pain - etiology
Pain Measurement
Patient satisfaction
Patients
Quality of Life
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Recovery
Recovery of Function
Saphenous Vein
Sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy - methods
Secondary Prevention
Short term
Surgery
Symptoms
Treatment Outcome
Ulcers
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography
Varicose veins
Vascular diseases
Venous Insufficiency - diagnosis
Venous Insufficiency - etiology
Venous Insufficiency - therapy
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Summary:SUMMARY POINTS Venous disease should be categorised according to the CEAP (clinical, (a)etiology, anatomy, pathophysiology) classification Duplex ultrasound is the gold standard for diagnosis of superficial venous incompetence The aim of treatment is to reduce symptoms All treatment modalities seem to be safe and effective at short term and midterm follow-up Postoperative recovery is faster with endovenous procedures than with conventional surgery With the use of tumescent anaesthesia, no differences in patient recovery are seen between surgical stripping and endovenous procedures
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
0959-535X
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.d4489