Venous External Valvuloplasty in the Treatment of Moderate or Severe Primary Incompetent Deep Venous Valve of Lower Limbs / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of venous external valvuloplasty in treatmeant of moderate or severe incompetent deep venous valve.Methods 54 patients with moderate and severe primary incompetent deep venous valve underwent anterograde and retrograde venous angiography of lower limbs, the angiography showed that reflux degree were 2～4grade. 54 patients were divided into two groups.The first group patients(n=32) without serious injured free margin of venous valve leaves were treated by venous external valvuloplasty,the other group patients with serious injured free margin of valve leaves(n=22),were other treatment.Results The showed excellent curative effect,were obtained better effect 29(90.6%) of the 32 cases were 3(9.4%) of 32 cases.The symptoms of all patients were disappearance and ulcer were close up. The colour Doppler ultrasonography had shown that blood was not flow backwards in the vein.Conclusions The authors believe that the good results may be expected in the opration of venous external valvuloplasty in patients with moderate and severe primary incompetent deep venous valve whose free margin of valve leaves were not serious injured .