[Should the incontinent saphenous veins be stripped down to the ankle?].
Long strippings (groin to ankle) are subject to an unacceptable percentage (23-58%) of neurological complications due to traumatism of the saphenous nerve. A simple saphenofemoral ligation avoids these complications, but the incidence of varicose relapse is nevertheless still about 60%. Our long saphenal strippings practised on 96 legs in 71 patients were followed in 4.2% by saphenous neurological symptoms, with varicose relapse in 12.5%; this is half as many as in sclerosant injection therapy.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000842:Ankle / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000601:surgery*
Doit-on stripper les saphènes incontinentes jusqu'a la cheville?