Phleborheographic Diagnosis of Venous Obstruction
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 189 (1) , 25-28
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-197901000-00005
Abstract
Between Feb., 1977 and May 1978, phleborheograms were done on 328 [human] extremities. Interpretable tracings were obtained in 322 (98.2%). Results were positive for 102 extremities, negative for 220 extremities and equivocal or uninterpretable for 6 extremities. Phlebograms and phleborheograms were done in 64 extremities. Phlebograms were positive in 41 and negative in 23. Overall agreement between interpretations of phlebograms and phleborheograms was 95.3%. The phleborheogram was positive in all cases where the phlebogram was positive. In 3 cases with negative phlebograms the phleborheogram was positive. Sensitivity was 100%, and specificity was 87%. Phleborheography is a useful adjunct to diagnosis of venous ostruction. It has a high degree of sensitivity (100% in this study). Clinical correlation is necessary to determine the most likely cause of venous obstruction in individual cases.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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