title: Endoscopic subfascial dissection of the perforating veins: treatment results.
abstract: Before introduction of endoscopic subfascial dissection, surgical treatment of the perforating veins was a neglected topic. High error rates in the preoperatively marked perforating veins, wound-healing problems due to the incision in trophically disturbed areas, and leg ulcers prevented correct surgical treatment. Endoscopic subfascial dissection allows the accurate elimination of all clinically relevant, insufficient perforating veins in the lower leg. Therefore, it has become an accepted, improved treatment concept in the surgical therapy of primary varicosis in all three stages of chronic venous insufficiency. This experience is demonstrated based on a prospective study of the patients treated in the year 2000.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Kreiskrankenhaus Herrenberg, Herrenberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jugenheimer
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uckele
mesh_terms: D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005205:Fascia / Q000503:physiopathology; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*