A
Aetiological factors
Aggravating factors
Ambulation, postoperative
Anaesthesia, methods of
Anatomical variations
Anatomy, understanding of
Arterial disease, history of
Arterial insufficiency
Arteriovenous fistula, see Fistula
Artery
- femoral
- pudendal, superficial external
Assessment, preoperative
Avulsion of varices B
Bandaging
Bedrest
Blow-outs
Causative factors, see aetiological factors
Choice of operation
Chronic inflammation
Chronic venous insufficiency
Claudication, venous
Compression of bleeding point
Conservative management
Contraindications to ligation and stripping
Cosmetic indications
Cosmetic results
Cribiform fascia
D
Damage to femoral artery or vein
Day care
Deep vein thrombosis
Delayed healing
Dermatitis, contact
Diabetes
Doppler ultrasound
Double saphenous vein
Draping the leg
E
Echosclerotherapy
Economics of day care
Eczema, venous
Elastic compression
Elderly patients
Epidural anaethesia
Esmarch bandage
Examination - see Preoperative assessment F
Facilities for vein surgery
Fascia
-deep
- cribiform
- superficial
Femoral artery damage
Femoral vein damage
Fibrosis
Fistula, arteriovenous
Flare
- retromalleolar
- venous
Flush ligation
Foam Sclerotherapy
Follow up
G
Gaiter area
Graduated compression, see Elastic
H
Haematoma
Haemorrhage
- complicating varicose veins
- during operation
Healing, impaired
Heparin. subcutaneous
Hunter blowout
Hypertension, arterial
I
Impedance plethysmography, see Plethysmography
Incisions, placement of
Incompetence
- levels of
- long saphenous
- of deep veins
- perforator
- short saphenous
- valvular
Indications for surgery
Induration
J
Junction, saphenofemoral
K
Keloid scar
Klippel - Trenaunay syndrome
L
Laboratory, vascular
Legal cases
Liaison with community services
Ligations
- multiple
- saphenofemoral
- saphenopoplitial
- subfascial
- of perforators
Linton
Lipodermatosclerosis
Local anaesthesia
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M
Marking veins
Medical history
Microsclerotherapy
Mid-Hunter blow out
Mobilisation, postoperative - see Ambulation
- mobilisation of long saphenous vein
Multiple ligations, see Ligations
Muscles
- soleus
N
Necrosis of wound edge
Nerves
-saphenous
- sural
0
Obesity
Osteoarthritis
P
Pain, postoperative
Patency of deep veins
Percussion
Perforating veins
Perthes' test
Phlebitis
Phlebography
Physical examination
Pigmentation
Pitfalls of vein operations
Plethysmography
Position during operation
Position for examination
Post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS)
Preoperative assessment
Prophylaxis against vein thrombosis
R
Recurrence, see Varicosities
Reflux, deep to superficial
Retraction
Review, postoperative - see Follow up
Rheumatoid disease
S
Saphenofemoral junction, exposure
Saphenofemoral ligation, see Ligations
Saphenopopliteal ligation, see Ligations
Saphenar varix, see Varix
Saphenous vein, long
Scars
- the avoidance of
- keloid
Sclerotherapy
Sclerosant, dangers of
Screening for day care
Second operations
Selection for day care
Short saphenous ligation, see Ligation saphenopopliteal
Skin
- complications
- disease
- grafting
- preparation
Smoking
Social history
Spider varicosities. see Flare
Stockings
Stab avulsions, see Avulsion
Strain gauge plethysmography, see Plethvsmography
Stripping
Subfascial ligation, see Ligations
Suture removal
Swelling
Symptoms
Syndrome
- Klippel-Trenaunay
- post thrombotic
T
Thromboembolism prophylaxis
Tourniquet
- preoperative test
- during operation
Treadmill test
Trendelenburg
- operation, see Ligation, saphenofemoral
- test, see Tourniquet preoperative test
U
Ulcer
- grafting
- venous
Ultrasound, see Doppler
Valve insufficiency
Variations, anatomical - see Anatomy
Varicosities
- of foot
- of long saphenous system
- of short saphenous system
- posterolateral
- primary
- recurrent
- retromalleolar
- spider, see Flare
Varix, saphenous
Vasculitis
Veins
- Anterior arch
- Epigastric, superficial inferior |
