PURPOSE To determine the relation between pelvic varicose veins and lower extremity venous insufficiency in women with chronic pelvic pain. METHODS AND MATERIALS This study was done in Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, with patients who were referred for abdominal and pelvic imaging between January 2007 and April 2008. A total of 1029 women with pelvic imagi...

Introduction: Varicose veins are prominent dilated usually present in the lower limbs. High pressures veins, leakiness of venous valves, weakness vein wall, and inflammation key mechanisms that lead to varicose veins. Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted find out knowledge regarding prevention among nurses Patan Hospital, Systematic random sampling technique used for data c...

The Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire (AVVQ) is validated and frequently used as a patient-reported disease-specific quality of life (QoL) outcome in trials of varicose veins. The AVVQ comprises a manikin diagram where patients draw their varicose veins and 12 questions including pain, skin changes, use of support stockings, appearance and impact. AVVQ scores range from 0 to 100 (worst possi...

BACKGROUND Varicose veins commonly occur in the lower extremities and can cause pain and discomfort in the affected area. Many patients with varicose veins suffer from itching, but its cause has not been sufficiently explained. In recent years, the role of zinc in maintaining the integrity of skin has been reported, and zinc supplementation has been suggested to be effective in relieving itchin...

In our varicose vein center, on a trial basis, among the patients with asymptomatic calf deep vein thrombosis (CDVT) we carefully selected the patients for varicose vein surgery using the requirements as follows; 1) the patients had varicose veins with incompetent saphenous veins, 2) sequential examination including DUS confirmed stability and clinical insignificance of asymptomatic CDVT, 3) th...

Venography furnishes a map of the otherwise invisible deep veins of the extremities, discloses pathological changes, localizes the communicating veins, and tests the function of veins and valves. This clinical study, was carried out to evaluate the serial retrograde venography of the lower extremities with varicose veins, using the serial long film changer with a tilt. Forty-three extremities w...

AIMS Extracellular matrix remodelling has been implicated in a number of vascular conditions, including venous hypertension and varicose veins. However, to date, no systematic analysis of matrix remodelling in human veins has been performed. METHODS AND RESULTS To understand the consequences of venous hypertension, normal and varicose veins were evaluated using proteomics approaches targeting...

A decade ago a doctor’s advice to a patient with varicose veins was easy: the alternatives are injection sclerotherapy or surgery. Only these techniques have existed long enough to know about both their shortand long-term results. Results have generally been disappointing, with high recurrence rates as time goes by1. The past few years have witnessed an explosion in types of minimally invasive ...

BACKGROUND Recurrent varicose veins (RVV) occur in 13% to 65% of patients following treatment, and remain a debilitating and costly problem. RVV were initially thought largely to be due to inadequate intervention, however, more recently neovascularization and other factors have been implicated. This review aims to provide an overview of the current understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis...