title: Encircling suture method in the treatment of femoral venous valvular incompetency.
abstract: Many patients with chronic venous insufficiency syndrome caused by the "relative valvular incompetency" with venous dilatation. Eighty-six per cent of the cases can be cured by reducing the femoral venous diameter by simply using the encircling suture method just distal to the first femoral valvular sinus. Our preliminary results suggest that such a method of surgical treatment is simple and efficient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013537:Sutures; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*