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Última atualização: 06 Jul 2023

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • veias tortuosas dilatadas

Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • fadiga ou dor nas pernas após períodos prolongados em pé
  • cãibras nas pernas
  • pernas inquietas
  • deposição de hemossiderina
  • corona flebectática
  • prurido
  • lipodermatoesclerose
  • edema maleolar
  • ulceração
  • sangramento de varizes

Fatores de risco

  • idade mais avançada
  • história familiar
  • sexo feminino
  • aumento do número de partos
  • trombose venosa profunda
  • profissão que exige posição ortostática por períodos prolongados
  • obesidade

Investigações diagnósticas

Algoritmo de tratamento

Colaboradores

Autores

Alun H Davies, MA, DM, DSc, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh

Professor of Vascular Surgery and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon

Department of Surgery and Cancer

Imperial College London

Imperial Vascular Unit

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

London

UK

Declarações

AHD declares that he has no competing interests.

Tristan RA Lane, MBBS, BSc, PhD, FRCS

Consultant Vascular Surgeon

Cambridge Vascular Unit

Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge University Hospital Trust

Cambridge

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Section of Vascular Surgery

Department of Surgery and Cancer

Imperial College London

UK

Declarações

TRAL declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Professor Alun Davies and Mr Tristan Lane would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Luis R. Leon Jr, Dr Maureen K. Sheehan, and Dr Boulos Toursarkissian, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

LRL, MKS and BT declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores

Paul Tisi, MBBS, MS, FRCSEd

Medical Director/Consultant Vascular Surgeon

Bedford Hospital

Bedford

UK

Declarações

PT declares that he has no competing interests.

Nick Morrison, MD, FACS, FACPh

Director

Morrison Vein Institute

Scottsdale

AZ

Declarações

NM declares that he has no competing interests.

Referências

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Principais artigos

Kakkos SK, Gohel M, Baekgaard N, et al. Editor's choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2021 clinical practice guidelines on the management of venous thrombosis. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2021 Jan;61(1):9-82.Texto completo  Resumo

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Varicose veins: diagnosis and management. July 2013 [internet publication].Texto completo

De Maeseneer MG, Kakkos SK, Aherne T, et al. Editor's choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2022 clinical practice guidelines on the management of chronic venous disease of the lower limbs. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2022 Feb;63(2):184-267.Texto completo  Resumo

Gloviczki P, Lawrence PF, Wasan SM, et al. The 2022 Society for Vascular Surgery, American Venous Forum, and American Vein and Lymphatic Society clinical practice guidelines for the management of varicose veins of the lower extremities. Part I. duplex scanning and treatment of superficial truncal reflux: endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine and the International Union of Phlebology. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2023 Mar;11(2):231-61.e6. Resumo

van der Velden SK, Biemans AA, De Maeseneer MG, et al. Five-year results of a randomized clinical trial of conventional surgery, endovenous laser ablation and ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy in patients with great saphenous varicose veins. Br J Surg. 2015 Sep;102(10):1184-94. Resumo

Brittenden J, Cooper D, Dimitrova M, et al. Five-year outcomes of a randomized trial of treatments for varicose veins. N Engl J Med. 2019 Sep 5;381(10):912-22. Resumo

Gohel MS, Heatley F, Liu X, et al. A randomized trial of early endovenous ablation in venous ulceration. N Engl J Med. 2018 May 31;378(22):2105-14.Texto completo  Resumo

Brittenden J, Cotton SC, Elders A, et al. A randomized trial comparing treatments for varicose veins. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 25;371(13):1218-27.Texto completo  Resumo

Artigos de referência

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