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[Conservative treatment of varicose veins]. 2021

Markus Stücker

Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Venenzentrum der Dermatologischen und Gefäßchirurgischen Kliniken, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gudrunstr. 56, 44791, Bochum, Deutschland. m.stuecker@klinikum-bochum.de.

The treatment of varicose veins is supposed to eliminate congestive symptoms and edema, heal skin complications and prevent complications. Surgical procedures, endovenous thermal procedures, endovenous chemical procedures and conservative measures are used for treatment. Often the invasive and conservative procedures are combined. A precise examination of the varicose veins is required for therapy planning; duplex sonography is the gold standard. Conservative therapy focuses on compression therapy with compression bandages and with compression stockings. Medical adaptive compression systems are also used in the decongestion phase. Extract from red vine leafs, extract from horse chestnut seed and oxerutin are available for oral drug therapy. Conservative therapy is especially indicated when treatment of symptomatic varicose veins is not possible or when symptomatic venous disease persists even after invasive therapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004487	Edema	Abnormal fluid accumulation in TISSUES or body cavities. Most cases of edema are present under the SKIN in SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE.	Dropsy,Hydrops,Anasarca
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000072700	Conservative Treatment	Therapeutic approaches that are limited, gradual, or well-established as opposed to radical methods.	Conservative Management,Conservative Therapy,Conservative Managements,Conservative Therapies,Conservative Treatments,Management, Conservative,Managements, Conservative,Therapies, Conservative,Therapy, Conservative,Treatment, Conservative,Treatments, Conservative
D014648	Varicose Veins	Enlarged and tortuous VEINS.	Varices,Varix,Varicose Vein,Vein, Varicose,Veins, Varicose
D016896	Treatment Outcome	Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.	Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D053828	Stockings, Compression	Tight coverings for the foot and leg that are worn to aid circulation in the legs, and prevent the formation of EDEMA and DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS. PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION STOCKINGS serve a similar purpose especially for bedridden patients, and following surgery.	Compression Stockings,Elastic Stockings,Stockings, Elastic,Compression Stocking,Elastic Stocking,Stocking, Compression,Stocking, Elastic
D058128	Compression Bandages	Strips of elastic material used to apply pressure to body parts to control EDEMA and aid circulation.	Compression Bandage,Compression Wraps,Elastic Bandages,Elastic Compression Wraps,Bandage, Compression,Bandage, Elastic,Bandages, Compression,Bandages, Elastic,Compression Wrap,Compression Wrap, Elastic,Compression Wraps, Elastic,Elastic Bandage,Elastic Compression Wrap,Wrap, Compression,Wrap, Elastic Compression,Wraps, Compression,Wraps, Elastic Compression