On the same day Mr. Marshall, in the University College Hospital, operated in the following manner on varicose veins of the right leg in a young woman :?A bandage was first applied round the limb, just above the knee-joint, in order to produce distension of the affected veins. Under the thickest masses of varix "were passed large broad needles, resembling very much those formerly used for inser...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to report the treatment of varicose veins in Denmark in the five-year period from 2007 to 2011, primarily based on reports to the nationwide Clinical Vein Database (KVD). MATERIAL AND METHODS The KVD collects clinical patient data before, during and after invasive treatment of varicose veins in public hospitals, private outpatient clinics and private hosp...