title: [Medical and surgical treatment of venous malformations].
abstract: Treatment of venous malformations (VM) is difficult as these lesions are ill defined and can infiltrate tissues. Moreover, no specific treatment related to their etiopathogenesis exists. Currently, VM can be treated conservatively or medically and, more aggressively with either sclerotherapy, or surgical resection. A multidisciplinary approach is needed to obtain the best result with minimal complications. Surgical resection, complete or partial, plays an important role in the treatment of symptomatic VM. In case of extensive VM, all techniques of plastic surgery are indicated.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, centre des anomalies vasculaires, cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 10, avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique. boon@chir.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: L-M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Boon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vanwijck
mesh_terms: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions