title: The effect of short saphenous vein stripping in patients with deep venous reflux.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We assessed whether or not deep venous reflux (DVR) improved after short saphenous vein (SSV) stripping was performed in patients with SSV reflux and DVR.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-eight patients with SSV reflux who underwent SSV striping every Monday between 2008 and 2011 at Ryougoku Ashino Clinic were enrolled in this study. Forty-six of the 68 patients were selected for the analysis because they underwent duplex ultrasound examinations before and after the operation. The DVR was classified into four categories: type 0, no reflux; type I, reflux in popliteal vein; type II, reflux from popliteal vein to the middle of the superficial femoral vein (SFV) and type III, reflux from the popliteal vein to the SFV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 23, 13, 2 and 8 patients with type 0, I, II, III before operation, respectively. There were 33, 8, 1, 4 patients with type 0, I, II, III after operation, respectively. There were no changes in 29 patients, improvement in 15 and new DVR in three (type 0 to I).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SSV stripping is feasible in patients with DVR and the DVR might not be deteriorated even though that is performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan ; Department of Vascular Surgery, Ryougoku Ashino Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jibiki
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Kimihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Igari
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Mieko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyai
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kagayama
keywords: deep vein reflux; short saphenous vein reflux; short saphenous vein stripping