Phlebolymphology N°51

V – THERAPY

VARICOSE VEINS Surgery Chronic venous insufficiency – surgery Chairpersons: H. A. Maffei (Brazil), J. P. Albino (Portugal) Transilluminated miniphlebectomy A. J. C. FLOR (Austria) Reduction in: – unnecessary manipulation – bleeding – lesion of lymphatic vessels – sensitive skin nerves – operation time can be achieved by means of transilluminated miniphlebectomy. The veins were visualized by insertion of the light rod into the subcutaneous tissue, and removed by means of Varady’s hook. The light rod, with an oblique tip, was equipped with an exit for light fibers and a canular opening for the saline flow solution. Miniphlebectomy following hydrodissection was…

Full text

IV – INVESTIGATIONS AND HEMODYNAMICS

VENOUS DISORDERS Venous and lymphatic disorders: noninvasive investigations Chairperson: Z. Rybak (Poland) Knee perforating veins as a source of varicosities: prevalence and clinical relevance M. V. L. BARROS (Brazil) The authors studied the incidence of anterior knee perforating veins (PV) in 752 patients using Duplex scanning. They found out that almost 5% of patients with varicose veins had such incompetent perforators that provoked reflux in the leg in anteromedial and anterolateral collateral veins or a great saphenous vein local insufficiency in the calf. These perforating veins were usually small in diameter and not associated with severe disease. Duplex investigation of…

Full text

III – FUNDAMENTALS OF VENOUS DISEASE

ANATOMY Basic anatomy Chairpersons: J. T. Hobbs (UK), L. K. Moura (Brazil) Collagen fiber networks of the human proximal long saphenous vein valve: a scanning electron microscopic study A. KOLESNIK, T. SKADORWA (Poland) This study used scanning electron microscopy to determine the characteristics of collagen fibers of the four saphenous venous cadaveric veins in normal subjects without signs of clinical venous insufficiency. The images obtained showed intrinsic collagen bundles, arranged in layers of parallel fascicles, crossing at different angles. The findings confirmed that the collagen fibers are organized a the way that strengthens the valve wall, especially in the area…

Full text

II – PREVENTION OF VENOUS DISEASE

RISK FACTORS Obesity: an important risk factor for the development of chronic venous insufficiency E. RABE (Germany) Obesity: a risk factor for chronic venous disease? J. P. BEGNINI (France) In the framework of the Symposium of the German-speaking Phlebological Societies of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The Bonn study is an epidemiologic study which took place in Bonn between October 2000 and March 2002. This study in 3072 members of the general population evaluated the prevalence and the risk factors of chronic venous disease. This population was selected randomly from registries. All participants were examined by clinical means and by duplex…

Full text

I – EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SOCIOECONOMICS

Chronic venous disease in developing countries Chairpersons: M. Cazaubon (France), A. Scuderi (Brazil) A global approach to world epidemiology in chronic venous disorders (CVD) M. CAZAUBON (France) Epidemiology of venous disorders in Morocco A. BENJELLOUN (Morocco) The incidence of venous disease in Brazil based on the CEAP classification: an epidemiological study A. SCUDERI, P. SCUDERI NETO, M. A. SCUDERI, C. G. BRUGINSKI, B. RASKIN, F. A. ASSAL (Brazil) 1. The incidence of the venous disease in developing countries is similar to that in Western countries. 2. The CEAP classification is an important method for standardizing the clinical manifestations of the…

Full text

Préface

By the members of the Medical Reporters’ Academy This report from the 15th World Congress of the Union Internationale de Phlébologie (UIP) which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from October 2 to 7, 2005 has been prepared by our Medical Reporters’ Academy (MRA) group. We are all medical doctors with hospital practices, and we come from different countries around the world (Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Russia). This MRA group, whose members rotate by thirds every year, was created and sponsored by Servier 9 years ago. Since then, the group has been attending major international congresses…

Full text

Phlebolymphology N°51 (Vol 14 – N°2 – 2006)

Special issue 15th World Congress October 2-7, 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PREFACE 1. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SOCIOECONOMICS. 2. PREVENTION OF VENOUS DISEASE 3. FUNDAMENTALS OF VENOUS DISEASE 4. INVESTIGATIONS AND HEMODYNAMICS 5. THERAPY

Full text