title: [Comprehensive outpatient treatment of varicose disease of the lower limbs].
abstract: The article deals with the findings obtained in examining a total of 8,000 people presenting with varicose disease of the lower extremities. The examination included a clinical (physical) examination and coloured duplex scanning of the lower-limb veins. The examination was carried out in outpatient conditions, whereas surgical treatment was performed either out-patiently, or at a <<one-day>> hospital. Revealing complete valvular insufficiency of the great saphenous vein was followed by surgical treatment - intraoperative stem catheter scleroobliteration (SSO) or short-term screening and postoperative puncture sclerotherapy. Detecting partial valvular insufficiency of the greater saphenous vein (pathological sapheno-femoral reflux only in the vertical position) was managed by applying the principle of the so-called <<incremental radicalism>>: i. e. the patients were subjected to the procedure of puncture sclerotherapy of varicose veins on the crus in ambulatory conditions to be followed by secondary ultrasonographic scanning with permanent dynamic follow-up. The cases of preserved reflux along the greater saphenous vein were subjected to sclerosurgical management. Valvular insufficiency of perforating veins was coped with by minimally invasive surgical interventions: subtotal endoscopic dissection of incompetent perforating veins, suprafascial ligation from a miniaccess and echosclerotherapy of the perforating veins. Also performed were histological and histochemical studies of the portions the greater saphenous vein and surrounding tissues procured during cross-ectomy of the sapheno-femoral anastomosis in 43 patients, who had endured preliminary puncture sclerotherapy on the crus. Good functional and cosmetically pleasing outcomes were achieved in the majority of cases. In 75% of the patients with partial valvular insufficiency of the greater saphenous vein, we managed to avoid operations since repeat ultrasonographic study revealed no pathological veno-venous shunts.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Gavrilov
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Chabbarov
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Piatnitskiĭ
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Khvorostukhin
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*