Venous insufficiency
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In medicine, venous insufficiency is "impaired venous blood flow or venous return (venous stasis), usually caused by inadequate venous valves. Venous insufficiency often occurs in the legs, and is associated with edema and sometimes with venous stasis ulcers at the ankle."[1]
Venous insufficiency may be caused by deep venous thrombosis.
Treatment
"Ligation and valvuloplasty may have produced a moderate and sustained improvement for seven to ten years after surgery, in patients with mild to moderate DVI caused by primary valvular incompetence" according to the Cochrane Collaboration. [2]
Prevention
Prophylactic use of compression stockings after deep venous thrombosis may not prevent venous insufficiency.[3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Venous insufficiency (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Hardy SC, Riding G, Abidia A (2004). "Surgery for deep venous incompetence.". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (3): CD001097. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD001097.pub2. PMID 15266439. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Kahn SR, Shapiro S, Wells PS, Rodger MA, Kovacs MJ, Anderson DR et al. (2013). "Compression stockings to prevent post-thrombotic syndrome: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.". Lancet. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61902-9. PMID 24315521. Research Blogging.