A prospective study of the fate of venous leg perforators after varicose vein surgery

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1156-1162

  Van Rij, Andre M ^a   Hill, Gerry ^a   Gray, Chris ^a   Christie, Ross ^a   Macfarlane, Josie ^a   Thomson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGEISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 29144465097     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. J.L. Sandri, F.S. Barros, S. Pontes, C. Jacques, S.X. Salles-Cunha Diameter-reflux relationship in perforating veins of patients with varicose veins J Vasc Surg 30 1999 867 874
2. H. Akesson, L. Brudin, W. Cwikiel Does the correction of insufficient superficial and perforating veins improve venous function in patients with deep venous insufficiency? Phlebology 5 1990 113 123
3. W.P. Stuart, D.J. Adam, P.L. Allan, C.V. Ruckley, A.W. Bradbury Saphenous surgery does not correct perforator incompetence in the presence of deep venous reflux J Vasc Surg 28 1998 834 838
4. A.M. van Rij, P. Jiang, C. Solomon, R.A. Christie, G.B. Hill Recurrence after varicose vein surgery a prospective long-term clinical study with duplex ultrasound scanning and air plethysmography J Vasc Surg 38 2003 935 943
5. A.M. van Rij, G.T. Jones, G.B. Hill, P. Jiang Neovascularization and recurrent varicose veins more histologic and ultrasound evidence J Vasc Surg 40 2004 296 302
6. P. Jiang, A.M. van Rij, R.A. Christie, G.B. Hill, I.A. Thomson Venous physiology in the different patterns of recurrent varicose veins and the relationship to clinical severity Cardiovasc Surg 8 2000 130 136
7. E.G. Pierik, I.M. Toonder, H. van Urk, C.H. Wittens Validation of duplex ultrasonography in detecting competent and incompetent perforating veins in patients with venous ulceration of the lower leg J Vasc Surg 26 1997 49 52
8. K.T. Delis, M. Husmann, E. Kalodiki, J.H. Wolfe, A.N. Nicolaides In situ hemodynamics of perforating veins in chronic venous insufficiency J Vasc Surg 33 2001 773 782
9. A. Caggiati, J.J. Bergan, P. Gloviczki, G. Jantet, C.P. Wendell-Smith, H. Partsch Nomenclature of the veins of the lower limbs an international interdisciplinary consensus statement J Vasc Surg 36 2002 416 422
10. G.M. Glass Neovascularization in recurrence of varices of the great saphenous vein in the groin phlebography Angiology 39 1988 577 582
11. I. Nyamekye, N.A. Shephard, B. Davies, B.P. Heather, J.J. Earnshaw Clinicopathological evidence that neovascularisation is a cause of recurrent varicose veins Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 15 1998 412 415
12. P. Neglen, E. Einarsson, B. Eklof The functional long-term value of different types of treatment for saphenous vein incompetence J Cardiovasc Surg 34 1993 295 301
13. D.J. Tibbs Varicose veins and related disorders 1992 Butterworth- Heinemann Boston
14. R. May, P. Partsch, J. Staubesand Perforating veins 1981 Urban & Schwarzenberg Munich
15. K.T. Delis, V. Ibegbuna, A.N. Nicolaides, A. Lauro, H. Hafez Prevalence and distribution of incompetent perforating veins in chronic venous insufficiency J Vasc Surg 28 1998 815 825
16. H. Thomson The surgical anatomy of the superficial and perforating veins of the lower limb Ann R Coll Surg Engl 61 1979 198 205
17. N. Labropoulos, M.A. Mansour, S.S. Kang, P. Gloviczki, W.H. Baker New insights into perforator vein incompetence Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 18 1999 228 234
18. L.M. Hanrahan, C.T. Araki, J.B. Fisher, A.A. Rodriguez, T.G. Walker, J. Woodson Evaluation of the perforating veins of the lower extremity using high resolution duplex imaging J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 32 1991 87 97
19. S. Sarin, J.H. Scurr, P.D. Smith Medial calf perforators in venous disease the significance of outward flow J Vasc Surg 16 1992 40 46
20. K.A. Myers, R.W. Ziegenbein, G.H. Zeng, P.G. Matthews Duplex ultrasonography scanning for chronic venous disease patterns of venous reflux J Vasc Surg 21 1995 605 612
21. R.F. Barber, F.I. Shatara The varicose disease NY State J Med 25 1925 162 166
22. M.N. Phillips, G.T. Jones, A.M. van Rij, M. Zhang Micro-venous valves in the superficial veins of the human lower limb Clin Anat 17 2004 55 60
23. G.M. McMullin, P.D. Coleridge Smith, J.H. Scurr Which way does blood flow in the perforation veins of the leg? Phleboloby 6 1991 127 132
24. N.N. Nissen, P.J. Polverin, A.E. Koch, M.V. Volin, R.L. Gamelli, L.A. DiPetro Vascular endothelial growth factor mediates angiogenic activity during the proliferative phase of wound healing Am J Path 152 1998 1445 1452
25. T.R. Howdieshell, W.L. Webb, Sathyanarayana, P.L. McNeil Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase results in reductions in wound vascular endothelial growth factor expression, granulation tissue formation, and local perfusion Surgery 133 2003 528 537
26. A.P. Fine Minimally invasive surgery may result in lower peak levels of circulating vascular endothelial growth factor J Soc Lap Surg 7 2003 147 149
27. P. Gloviczki, J.J. Bergan, J.M. Rhodes, L.G. Canton, S. Harmsen, D.M. Ilstrup The North American Study Group Mid-term results of endoscopic perforator vein interruption for chronic venous insufficiency lessons learned from the North American subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery registry J Vasc Surg 29 1999 489 502