The assessment of primary varicose veins by Doppler ultrasound--the role of sapheno-popliteal incompetence and the short saphenous systems in calf varicosities.
One hundred consecutive limbs presenting with primary varicose veins to a surgical outpatient clinic were assessed clinically and by Doppler ultrasound. By this means the incidence of sapheno-femoral and sapheno-popliteal incompetence was established and the relative role of these two systems in the development of varicosities determined.
Mitchell
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Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth, U.K.
Darke
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*