Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

Clinical study of 50 patients of varicose veins in NSCB Subharti Hospital, Meerut, (U.P) with special reference to Clinical examination vs Color Doppler for evaluation and diagnosis of varicose veins.

Sahil Sharma, Sanjay Pandey, Amit Bhatnagar

Abstract :

 Varicose veins are a common condition that the current paper elaborates the features of the condition in a local Indian population.

Methodology: The present study is a prospective observational study of 50 patients of Varicose veins which were evaluated for demographics, clinical manifestations, treatment and outcome done at Chatrapati Shivaji Subharti hospital, Meerut during the study period of SEPTEMBER 2014 to AUGUST 2016.

Results: This study reveals that the disease is more prevalent during the active adult life in their 3rd (34%) and 4th (26%) decades and males (88%) were more affected. Age range in study was 16–74 years. The occupations needing prolonged standing and use of violent muscular efforts is found to be a contributing or precipitating factor for varicose veins. Majority of patients presented to the hospital for complications of the disease rather than for cosmetic purposes (20%). The commonest symptoms in the study were prominent swellings in the lower limb (72%) and pain (76%). Majority of the patients had combined valvular incompetence. The most common post–operative complication observed was hematoma formation (8%).

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Sahil Sharma, Sanjay Pandey, Amit Bhatnagar, Clinical study of 50 patients of varicose veins in NSCB Subharti Hospital, Meerut, (U.P) with special reference to Clinical examination vs Color Doppler for evaluation and diagnosis of varicose veins., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-4 | APRIL‾2017


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