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  2. Varicose veins - Wikipedia

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    Varicose veins are unlikely to be caused by crossing the legs or ankles. [17] Less commonly, but not exceptionally, varicose veins can be due to other causes, such as post-phlebitic obstruction or incontinence, venous and arteriovenous malformations. [18] Venous reflux is a significant cause. Research has also shown the importance of pelvic ...

  3. CHIVA method - Wikipedia

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    CHIVA method is a type of surgery used to treat varicose veins that occur as a result of long term venous insufficiency. [1] The term is a French acronym for Conservatrice Hémodynamique de l'Insuffisance Veineuse en Ambulatoire (ambulatory conservative hemodynamic treatment venous insufficiency).

  4. Ultrasonography of chronic venous insufficiency of the legs

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    The accessory saphenous vein (ASV), either anterior or posterior, is an important GSV collateral frequently responsible for varicose veins located on the anterior and lateral aspect of the thigh. [27] The anterior ASV is more anterior than the ASV and is outside the femoral vessels plan.

  5. Wikipedia:Osmosis/Varicose veins - Wikipedia

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    Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted, and this most commonly happens in the veins of the leg. How do they form? Well - the arterial circulation, going away from the heart, is a high pressure system, meaning the movement of blood is dependent on high pressures that essentially push it through the arteries, on the order ...

  6. Trendelenburg test - Wikipedia

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    below the knee - to assess incompetence between the short saphenous vein and the popliteal vein. [3] Superficial veins of the leg normally empty into deep veins, however retrograde filling occurs when valves are incompetent, leading to varicose veins. The test is named for Friedrich Trendelenburg, who described it in 1891. [4]

  7. Venous translucence - Wikipedia

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    Surgery for primary troncular varicose veins without stripping the saphenous vein: pre- and post-operative evaluationby duplex scan and photoplethysmography. Phlebology (1995) Suppl.1:419-421 Gaskell, P; Burton, AC (1953) Local Postural Vasomotor Reflexes Arising from the Limb Veins.

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