title: Selecting a treatment for primary varicose veins.
abstract: The treatment of varicose veins includes injection/compression sclerotherapy and surgical stripping or ligation or both. Surgery appears to be favoured when the saphenous system is involved or when the patient is 35 to 64 years old or presents with ankle edema or flare. On the other hand, sclerotherapy has been found to be more effective in patients with dilated superficial veins or incompetent perforating veins in the lower legs and to be more acceptable and less expensive than surgical treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011897:Random Allocation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions