Encircling suture method in the treatment of femoral venous valvular incompetency

Zhang, B.; Zhang, J.; Gu, X.; Yang, Z.; Kuang, Y.; Xu, J.

Chinese Medical Journal 108(1): 44-47

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0366-6999
PMID: 7712838
Document Number: 441581
Many patients with chronic venous insufficiency syndrome caused by the "relative valvular incompetency" with venous dilatation. Eighty-six per cent of the cases can be cured by reducing the femoral venous diameter by simply using the encircling suture method just distal to the first femoral valvular sinus. Our preliminary results suggest that such a method of surgical treatment is simple and efficient.

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