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DOPPLER TESTING AS AN IMPORTANT CONSERVATION MEASURE IN THE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS
Author(s) -
Large John
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1984.tb05333.x
Subject(s) - medicine , varicose veins , blood flow , surgery , ligation , radiology
While it is rational to ligate incompetent proximal saphenous valves, when treating varicose veins, it is hard to justify ligation if they are competent. Accurate diagnosis of competence by clinical tests have proved less than satisfactory. Doppler testing, with a simple blood flow indicator, is suggested as a sound basis on which to make decisions regarding ‘selective ligations’ of incompetent proximal valves.