Venous Disorders of the Legs Principles and Practice
Within the last five years a number of new books on venous disorders have been produced. Previously the study of venous disease was well-served by the classic texts of Foote, Anning, Dodd and Cockett, and Hobbs, but these texts are now out of print and out of date. How does Larry Tretbar's book...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Springer London
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
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Table of Contents:
- Invasive vascular testing
- Comments
- References
- 5 Patterns of Varicose Vein Development/Principles of Treatment
- Common patterns of varicose vein development
- Non-saphenous veins
- Principles of treating varicose veins
- Greater saphenous vein incompetence
- Lesser saphenous vein incompetence
- Microincisional phlebectomy
- Comments
- References
- 6 History of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Varicose Veins
- Early surgical treatments
- British experience
- German experience
- Post-Trendelenburg experience
- American school of surgery
- Later American experience
- Follow-up
- Comments
- References
- 7 Contemporary Medical and Surgical Treatment of Varicose Veins
- Overview
- Greater saphenous vein incompetence
- Lesser saphenous vein incompetence
- Microincisional phlebectomy
- Valvuloplasty
- Surgical techniques
- New varicose veins.-Comments
- References
- 8 Injection Sclerotherapy
- Mechanism of action of sclerotherapy
- 1 Anatomy of the Leg Veins
- Configuration of the venous system
- Histology
- Venous innervation
- Embryology
- Venous systems of the foot
- Superficial venous system
- Greater (long) saphenous vein
- Lesser (short) saphenous vein
- Reticular vein system
- Accompanying nerves
- Deep venous system
- Intermuscular veins (venae comites)
- Intramuscular veins
- Perforating veins
- Valves
- Comments
- References
- 2 Venous Function, Dysfunction and Venous Insufficiency
- Return of blood to the heart
- Venous pressure
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Chronic venous hypertension
- Comments
- References
- 3 Clinical Phlebologic Evaluation
- History of present illness
- Past medical history
- Physical examination
- Comments
- References
- 4 Venous Testing, Non-Invasive and Invasive
- Non-invasive vascular testing: ultrasound
- Venous Doppler examination
- Duplex ultrasonography
- Plethysmography
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Thermography
- Types of sclerosant solutions
- Complications
- Side-effects
- Clinical applications
- Clinical approaches
- Clinical techniques
- Compression
- Comments
- References
- 9 Complications of Chronic Venous Insufficiency
- Cutaneous complications
- Treatment of chronic venous ulcers
- Comments
- References
- 10 Venous Thromboembolic Disease
- Pathogenesis of deep venous thrombosis
- Clinical experience
- Establishing a diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis
- Pulmonary embolism
- Treatment of venous thromboembolism
- General medical care
- Prevention of thromboembolism
- Comments
- References
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