title: [Diagnosis and treatment of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the diagnostic criteria and therapeutic method of the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Among 5 cases, there were 2 males and 3 females aged from 11 days to 73 years. Vasography was carried out in all five patients and MRA was performed in one patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After operation, the symptoms improved in 4 cases: the portine-like erythemas on their limbs got unclear; the focuses diminished obviously; the circumferences of the suffered limbs shrank and the ulcer healed. For following-up period was not long enough, the long term therapeatic result was still uncertain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Once the diagnosis of the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome was made, operation should be performed as early as possible. If the surgical time is selected in prepuberty, optimal result can be expected.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Urumqi Xinjiang, P. R. China 830001.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shou-jian
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Gou
authors.forename: Zheng-kui
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007715:Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged