ALLMedicine™ Venous Insufficiency Center

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Practice Essentials Superficial thrombophlebitis is a common inflammatory-thrombotic disorder in which a thrombus develops in a vein located near the surface of the skin. Most superficial veins that develop thrombosis also have phlebitis, in contr...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Practice Essentials Superficial thrombophlebitis is a common inflammatory-thrombotic disorder in which a thrombus develops in a vein located near the surface of the skin. Most superficial veins that develop thrombosis also have phlebitis, in contr...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Practice Essentials Superficial thrombophlebitis is a common inflammatory-thrombotic disorder in which a thrombus develops in a vein located near the surface of the skin. Most superficial veins that develop thrombosis also have phlebitis, in contr...

Mar 15th, 2023 - Chronic wounds refer to the pathological changes such as cell senescence, imbalance of synthesis and degradation of extracellular matrix, and decreased activity of growth factors caused by different reasons when the wound is prolonged and does not...

Mar 12th, 2023 - Venous leg ulcers, the most common leg ulcer, occur in patients with chronic venous insufficiency due to venous hypertension. Evidence supports the conservative treatment with lower extremity compression, ideally between 30-40 mm Hg. Pressures in ...

Mar 19th, 2014 - Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) as an advanced stage of chronic venous disease is a common problem that occurs in approximately 1-5 % of the adult population. CVI has either a nonthrombotic (primary) or postthrombotic (secondary) cause involvin...

Feb 26th, 2014 - Venous malformations (VMs) are the most common vascular developmental anomalies (birth defects) . These defects are caused by developmental arrest of the venous system during various stages of embryogenesis. VMs remain a difficult diagnostic and t...

Jan 12th, 2012 - Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is a syndrome characterized by stenoses or obstructions of the internal jugular and/or azygos veins with disturbed flow and formation of collateral venous channels. Studies using ultrasound in pat...

Aug 31st, 2010 - Interventional endovascular management of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in patients with multiple sclerosis: a position statement by the Society of Interventional Radiology, endorsed by the Canadian Interventional Radiology Associatio...

Dec 5th, 2009 - Multi-disciplinary quality improvement guidelines for the treatment of lower extremity superficial venous insufficiency with ambulatory phlebectomy from the Society of Interventional Radiology, Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of...

Mar 15th, 2023 - Chronic wounds refer to the pathological changes such as cell senescence, imbalance of synthesis and degradation of extracellular matrix, and decreased activity of growth factors caused by different reasons when the wound is prolonged and does not...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Rationale: After a DVT, one in three patients develops PTS of the affected leg, despite anticoagulant treatment and elastic compression therapy (ECT) in the acute phase of DVT. Considering the major societal burden associated with PTS, supplementa...

Mar 1st, 2023 - Chronic Venous Disease (CVD) is a widespread clinical condition with a high prevalence in the western world, affecting more than 10% in young adults and more than 70% in older individuals (age >70 years). CVD clinical manifestations vary from mild...

Feb 27th, 2023 - This is a non-commercial pilot study, leading to a randomised control trial. Primary objective: 1) To evaluate smartphone-based exercise as an alternative to stenting in patients with IVC and Iliofemoral vein outflow obstruction secondary to Post ...

Feb 22nd, 2023 - Lipedema is a chronic progressive condition in women characterized by a disproportionate increase in subcutaneous adipose tissue, accompanied by pain in the legs and sometimes the arms. It was first described in the 1940s and was expressed as flui...

Feb 1st, 2023 - Most doctors in primary care would agree that lymphedema is a difficult and frustrating disorder to treat. Despite treatments, patients still continue to suffer with symptoms such as pain and leg heaviness, and get only mild improvement.

Apr 8th, 2022 - Edema blisters are a common but often underreported entity most commonly seen on the lower extremities in the setting of acute edema. 1 Reported risk factors and associations include chronic venous insufficiency, congestive heart failure, heredita.

Jun 14th, 2021 - ANSWER The correct answer is elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV; choice “d”). DISCUSSION ENV is a rare condition of advanced cutaneous hypertrophy secondary to a combination of contributing factors including: a sedentary lifestyle, obesity, chro.

Apr 6th, 2021 - The Diagnosis: Cutaneous B-cell Lymphoma Histopathology revealed a dense and diffuse lymphocytic infiltrate throughout the dermis with occasional individual cell necrosis. On closer inspection, the infiltrate consisted of intermediate-sized lympho.

Mar 4th, 2021 - A 51-year-old woman presented to the family medicine clinic for evaluation of a slightly tender skin lesion on her left eyebrow. The lesion had been slowly growing for a year.