[Diagnosis of secondary popliteal and femoral venous insufficiency in truncal varicose veins].
Serious truncular varicosis causes, after a long period of time, changes in the deep veins known as secondary popliteal- and femoral vein incompetence. The ascending pressphlebography is the common diagnostic method. The continuous-wave sonography showing a sensitivity of 3% while being 100% specific is therefore not a suitable diagnostic method. The duplex-sonography proves to be the optimal screening method with a sensitivity of 100% while being 87% specific.
William Harvey-Klinik Bad Nauheim.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*
Diagnostik der sekundären Popliteal- und Femoralveneninsuffizienz bei Stammvarikose.