Surgical treatment of severe chronic venous insufficiency caused by pulsatile varicose veins in a patient with tricuspid regurgitation

Phlebology. 2009 Apr;24(2):79-81. doi: 10.1258/phleb.2008.008043.

Abstract

A case of severe chronic venous insufficiency caused by pulsatile varicose veins in a 46-year-old man with tricuspid regurgitation is presented. Active venous leg ulcer complicated with recurrent venous bleeding and inefficacy of conservative management serve as indications for surgical treatment. This case demonstrates the possibility of radical surgical correction of pathological venous reflux by means of saphenofemoral ligation, foam sclerotherapy and subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioscopy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Ligation
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulsatile Flow*
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Saphenous Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Saphenous Vein / physiopathology
  • Saphenous Vein / surgery*
  • Sclerotherapy
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / complications*
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
  • Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Varicose Veins / etiology
  • Varicose Veins / physiopathology
  • Varicose Veins / surgery*
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures*
  • Venous Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Venous Insufficiency / etiology
  • Venous Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Venous Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Wound Healing