Premium
COMPRESSION SCLEROTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT
Author(s) -
Large John
Publication year - 1969
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.1326-5377.1969.tb107456.x
Subject(s) - sclerotherapy , varicose veins , varices , medicine , compression (physics) , surgery , radiology , materials science , cirrhosis , composite material
A series of 1,002 legs with varicose veins treated by compression sclerotherapy is reviewed. The indications for treatment and the problems arising from it are discussed. A brief assessment of the ætiology of varices is included, with a suggestion that inherited weak valve systems are a basic fault.