학술논문
Are all patients with sapheno-femoral junction incompetence the same? An ultrasound analysis to potentially predict recurrence after invasive treatments.
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Article
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*DISEASE relapse
*SAPHENOUS vein
*FEMORAL vein
*OPERATIVE surgery
*CHRONIC diseases
*RISK assessment
*SEVERITY of illness index
*VASCULAR diseases
*SYMPTOMS
*EVALUATION
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0268-3555
Abstract
The sapheno-femoral junction (SFJ) and the great saphenous vein (GSV) are recognized as one of the main sources of reflux in chronic venous disease. Moreover, reflux time is considered as the main parameter to characterize GSV disease. Despite this, it is well-known in the clinical practice that not all patients with SFJ/GSV reflux are similar, in terms of disease severity and degree. Some other anatomical findings, such as SFJ and GSV diameters, as well as the absence/incompetence of suprasaphenic femoral valve (SFV) might be of interest to better "quantify" the disease severity. The aim of this paper is to describe, through a duplex scan analysis, the relationship between SFJ incompetence, GSV/SFJ diameter and SFV absence/incompetence, to identify if there are patients with "severe" GSV disease and a potential higher recurrence rate after invasive treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]