title: [Application of medical-purpose knitted fabric STRUVA 23 in office surgery for varicosity].
abstract: The article proffered herein discusses a possibility of using groin-high stockings STRUVA 23 in women operated on for uncomplicated varicosity of the lower limbs in outpatient conditions by means of modern minimally invasive techniques. Analyzing the postoperative-period course in a total of 15 women making use of conventionally employed elastic bandages, as compared with 20 women wearing the woven medical-purpose stoking pulled on the postoperative leg clearly showed apparent advantages of the latter type of compression, thus enabling the authors to safely recommend the stockings STRUVA 23 for application in office surgery.
authors.affiliation: Polyclinic 4, Federal Security Service, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Gradusov
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Konstantinova
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Zubarev
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Belousov
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*