Chronic venous insufficiency of deep venous system in most cases is an acquired disorder which occurs following deep vein thrombosis, and can subsequently followed by skin changes and disability. Color Doppler sonography is the main diagnostic tool for chronic venous insufficiency, and also is a useful tool for identifying the distribution and extent of venous reflux. The aim of this study was ...

Experience gained from cooperation between dermatologists and vascular surgeons in 177 patients evaluated at a joint leg ulcer clinic is reported. Patients were divided into two subgroups: (i) 86 patients with healed ulcers and (ii) 91 patients with ongoing therapy-resistant ulcers. Venous insufficiency was the most common etiology in both subgroups (87% and 55%, respectively). Of previous ther...

Spider veins (also known as spider hemangiomas) unlike varicose veins (dilated pre-existing veins) are acquired lesions caused by venous hypertension leading to proliferation of blood vessels in the skin and subcutaneous tissues due to the release of endothelial growth factors causing vascular neogenesis. More than 60% of the patients with spider veins of the legs have significant symptoms incl...

Chronic venous insufficiency ulcer (CVIU) is a pathology developing due to the venous pathologies, and it is not recovered for long time despite the treatment, consequently decreases the quality of life and leads to economic problems. Proven treatment methods of this disease, which has been known for a long time, are the compression therapy and the treatment of venous pathology, while the effic...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that fasciotomy may impair the function of the calf muscle pump, which in turn could result in the development of chronic venous insufficiency. DESIGN A cohort study of patients with a history of lower extremity fasciotomy. SETTING An urban trauma center. PATIENTS Seventeen of the 83 patients identified through trauma, vascular, and/or orthopedic registrie...

This consensus document provides an up-to-date account of the various methods available for the investigation of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limbs (CVI), with an outline of their history, usefulness, and limitations. CVI is characterized by symptoms or signs produced by venous hypertension as a result of structural or functional abnormalities of veins. The most frequent causes of ...

Background: Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy plays a major role in treatment of chronic venous insufficiency, providing clinical and hemodynamic improvement to patients undergoing treatment. Objectives: To examine the relationships between venous refilling time and impact of venous disease on quality of life and between changes in venous refilling time and improvement of symptoms after ultr...

OBJECTIVE To verify the diagnostic efficiency of venous duplex ultrasound and lymphangioscintigraphy (LAS) in establishing the cause of leg edema and to clarify the pathology of these leg edemas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between April 2009, and March 2010, 62 patients with leg edema of unknown origin were referred to the Edema Clinic of the Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine. All p...

INTRODUCTION Attempts to determine the quality of life are advisable in patients with ulcers as the group affected with this problem is relatively large. According to one Polish randomized trial, approximately 0.3-2% of the adult population suffers from active or healed venous ulcers. AIM To compare the quality of life of patients with leg ulcers of venous and arterial etiology and those with...