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OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS
Author(s) -
A. Philp Mitchell
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1961.tb69628.x
Subject(s) - citation , varicose veins , information retrieval , computer science , medicine , surgery , world wide web
It is now generally recognised that in order to obtain a satisfactory and permanent result in varix of the lower limb it is necessary to remove the entire internal saphenous vein. The following operation has been carried out by me for the past twelve years, and the result has been entirely satisfactory. My oldest patient was 60 years. He himself demanded operation owing to a painful ulcer and eczema. The result was very gratifying. He was back at his business in one month, and called on me six months later to show me the leg and express his gratitude for relief after years" of suffering. The steps of operation are as follows:?