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Varicose veins and related disorders /
Varicose Veins and Related Disorders.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Varicose Veins and Related Disorders; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. The normal and the abnormal; Venous flow; Normal anatomy and physiology: some aspects of abnormality; Occlusion of deep veins and the formation of collateral veins; Generation of new veins (neovascularization); Deep veins in muscles; Perforating or communicating veins; Structure of veins; Venous tone; Variations in venous tone in superficial veins; Endothelium and fibrinolysin; Valves and valve failure; Valves; The manifestations of valve failure; Musculovenous pumping
- Priming the pumpThe poor pumping capability of superficial veins; Problems caused by the upright position; Reasons for inadequacy in venous pumping; References; Bibliography; Chapter 2. Recognizing the abnormal: clinical examination and the special tests; Judging the normal; Recognizing and assessing the abnormal; Clinical history; Physical examination; Special examinations: the role of instruments and radiology; Bibliography; Chapter 3. The patterns of abnormality: an overall view; The retrograde circuit of superficial vein incompetence: simple or primary varicose veins
- Note upon perforators in superficial vein incompetenceValveless syndrome; Impaired deep veins: post-thrombotic or postphlebitic syndrome; Note on perforating veins in post-thrombotic syndrome; Obstructed venous outlet syndrome (iliac vein occlusion); Mixed and complex states; Congenital venous malformations including the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome; Other venous conditions; Comment; References; Chapter 4. Valvular incompetence in the superficial veins: simple (primary) varicose veins; General considerations; Haemodynamics of valve failure in the superficial veins: the retrograde circuit
- The source of downflowThe pathway of incompetence; The destination
- a zone of slack veins in the vicinity of a pumping mechanism; The return pathway; Factors limiting the speed and volume of downflow: relationship to venous hypertension (stasis); Some aspects of the pumping mechanism in simple superficial vein incompetence; The importance of venous pooling in the foot; Assessing the venous foot pool in superficial incompetence; Valves in simple incompetence; Clinical aspects of superficial vein incompetence
- varicose veins and saccules; Occurrence and predisposing factors; Symptoms
- Clinical examinationSpecial diagnostic investigation; Incompetence in the long saphenous system: the typical configuration; The incompetent long saphenous vein: saccule formation; The varicose veins; Concealed or 'straight-through' incompetence; Variations in the pathway of incompetence; Incompetence of the short saphenous system; The principles of treatment in superficial vein incompetence; References; Bibliography; Chapter 5. Superficial vein incompetence: further considerations; Varicosities on the posterior aspect of the thigh; Interconnection between long and short saphenous systems
- Pelvic veins as a source of incompetence
- pudendal varicose veins