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Surgical Management of Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Surgical Management of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Basic Data Underlying Clinical Decision Making SECTION EDITOR: Lloyd M. Taylor, MD Surgical Management of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Victor]. Weiss, MD, Scott M Surowiec, MD, and Alan B. Lumsden, MB ChB, Atlanta, Georgia The treatment for patients with chronic venous in­ present. This typically includes a clinical, physi­ sufficiency has traditionally been aimed at symp­ ologic, and radiologic assessment to identify ob­ tomatic improvement. Leg elevation and compres­ struction and/or reflux if present and the location of sion stockings to control edema, and local wound the involved venous segments, particularly superfi­ care for ulcerations often provide adequate pallia­ cial, deep, or perforator incompetence. Distinguish­ tion of the disease process, but leave an otherwise ing primary valvular incompetence from secondary active patient with ambulatory restrictions, doctor valvular incompetence as a sequelae of the post­ visits, and occasional hospitalization. phlebitic state is of paramount importance when Progress has been made since the late 1950s in planning surgical intervention, as the treatment of the surgical management of the most severe forms these different entities varies. of chronic venous insufficiency. Thanks to advances A goal of surgical intervention for chronic ve­ in imaging and physiologic testing we are now able nous insufficiency should http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Vascular Surgery Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1998 by by Annals of Vascular Surgery Inc.
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Abdominal Surgery
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0890-5096
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1615-5947
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10.1007/s100169900192
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9732432
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Basic Data Underlying Clinical Decision Making SECTION EDITOR: Lloyd M. Taylor, MD Surgical Management of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Victor]. Weiss, MD, Scott M Surowiec, MD, and Alan B. Lumsden, MB ChB, Atlanta, Georgia The treatment for patients with chronic venous in­ present. This typically includes a clinical, physi­ sufficiency has traditionally been aimed at symp­ ologic, and radiologic assessment to identify ob­ tomatic improvement. Leg elevation and compres­ struction and/or reflux if present and the location of sion stockings to control edema, and local wound the involved venous segments, particularly superfi­ care for ulcerations often provide adequate pallia­ cial, deep, or perforator incompetence. Distinguish­ tion of the disease process, but leave an otherwise ing primary valvular incompetence from secondary active patient with ambulatory restrictions, doctor valvular incompetence as a sequelae of the post­ visits, and occasional hospitalization. phlebitic state is of paramount importance when Progress has been made since the late 1950s in planning surgical intervention, as the treatment of the surgical management of the most severe forms these different entities varies. of chronic venous insufficiency. Thanks to advances A goal of surgical intervention for chronic ve­ in imaging and physiologic testing we are now able nous insufficiency should

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Annals of Vascular Surgery – Springer Journals

Published: Feb 17, 2014

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