title: Surgery of varicose veins on ambulatory basis. Early and late results.
abstract: Varicose veins resection on a day-case basis has the advantage of the early return of the patient to his usual activities, thus also reducing the cost and occupation of hospital beds. Between 1980-1992, 1710 patients (2325 extremities) were operated on as outpatients. The preoperative management included: clinical examination, Doppler ultrasounds, Duplex scanning, ambulatory venous pressure and phlebography. The surgical method was based on two axioms: resection of affected segments only, and functional operation according to the hemodynamic parameters. At the end of the first trimester, 1.572 (91.9%) patients showed satisfactory results. One to twelve years later 72.1% with surgical therapy alone and 82% in combination with sclerotherapy. The serious complications were injury in 2 cases, one of the common peroneal nerve and the other of the posterior tibial artery. In conclusion, patients with varicose veins may be operated as outpatients with good results.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgical Unit, University Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dimakakos
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlahos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000601:surgery*