THE MANAGEMENT OF RECURRENT VARICOSE-VEINS

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 63  (6) , 432-436
Abstract
Recurrent varicose veins are due to unidentified connections between the deep and superficial venous sytems. Conventional clinical and radiological methods of identification are inefficient. In a series of 662 operations, the recurrence rate was over 40%. By changing to a different radiological technique, using an image intensifier, it was found that the gastrocnemius veins in the popliteal fossa were a common cause of recurrence. This radiological technique also differentiated between those recurrences that required a 2nd operation and those which ought to be treated by Fegan''s method.