title: [Overview: varicosis (author's transl)].
abstract: The prevalence and sociomedical importance of peripheral venous diseases and peripheral venous disorders are discussed on the basis of a prospective epidemiologic field study (Basle Study) among 4529 apparently healthy workers and clerks of the Basle pharmaceutical industry. Prevalence: Pulmonary embolism was reported in 2% phlebitis in 10%. Varicose veins were present in 56% and signs of chronic venous insufficiency in 16%, respectively. Reticular and hyphen web varices predominated. Stem varicose veins were found in 15%. The sociomedical importance of varicose veins is evaluated according to the rates of complication and treatment. A medically significant varicosity was present in 12% of this working population. Three percent presented severe alterations that already had caused complications and 9% presented changes indicating.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010689:Phlebitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013557:Switzerland; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Chirurgie der Venen Ubersicht: Varicosis.