DOI: 10.36347/sasjs

Pages: 60-65

Aim of study to evaluate the outcome of the management of lower limb varicose veins by conventional surgeries. Varicose veins are enlarged, tortuous, subcutaneous veins that commonly occur in the legs. The incidence of chronic venous insufficiency & selected varicose veins is variable & fluctuated according to factors such as age, sex and geographic location. Recent U.S data have revealed nearly twice as many women with varicose veins as men (27.7 Vs15%). Extrinsic environmental factors, as well as intrinsic pathology conditions, contribute to this disease, including family history, obesity, older age. Clinical presentation, along with Doppler ultrasound scanning enables a reliable preoperative diagnosis. Surgery is the best-known treatment for varicose veins, especially when great saphenous vein is involved. This involves sapheno-femoral or sapheno-popliteal disconnection, stripping of the great saphenous vein & removal of superficial varicosities and sub-fascial ligation of incompetent perforators. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcome of surgical management of varicose veins.