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Surgical Treatment of Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities
Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2023 The review presents an analysis of relevant literature on the surgical treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremities. Modern methods of surgical intervention for varicose veins are considered: open operations, methods of thermal ablation of the ...
I. P. Mikhailov +2 more
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Genome-wide association analysis and replication in 810,625 individuals with varicose veins
Nature Communications, 2022 Although varicose veins are a common condition, the genetic basis is not well understood. Here, the authors find genetic variants associated with varicose veins and show that a higher polygenic risk score for varicose veins correlates with a greater ...
Waheed-Ul-Rahman Ahmed +10 more
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Systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures in patients with varicose veins. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Varicose veins can affect quality of life. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) provide a direct report from the patient about the impact of the disease without interpretation from clinicians or anyone else.
Beebe-Dimmer +38 more
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Extracellular matrix remodelling in response to venous hypertension: proteomics of human varicose veins. [PDF]
, 2016 AIMS: Extracellular matrix remodelling has been implicated in a number of vascular conditions, including venous hypertension and varicose veins. However, to date, no systematic analysis of matrix remodelling in human veins has been performed. METHODS AND
David N. Potier +17 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 ObjectiveVaricose veins are a common problem worldwide and can cause significant impairments in health-related quality of life, but the etiology and pathogenesis remain not well defined. This study aims to elucidate transcriptomic regulations of varicose
Jianbin Zhang +16 more
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Varicose veins and its risk factors among nurses at Dhulikhel hospital: a cross sectional study
BMC Nursing, 2020 Background Women in nursing professions are at high risk for developing varicose veins as it requires physical work and prolonged standing. The aim of the study is to estimate the current prevalence of varicose veins among nurses at Dhulikhel Hospital ...
Regan Shakya +3 more
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Prevalence and awareness of varicose veins among teachers in Abha, Saudi Arabia
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Background: Teachers, compelled by the nature of their profession, are required to stand for a significant amount of time. This prolonged standing, being one of the risk factors for venous insufficiency, puts them at risk to develop varicose veins. Hence,
Abdullah Dalboh +3 more
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Decreased PGE₂ content reduces MMP-1 activity and consequently increases collagen density in human varicose vein. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Varicose veins are elongated and dilated saphenous veins. Despite the high prevalence of this disease, its pathogenesis remains unclear.In this study, we investigated the control of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) expression by prostaglandin (PG)E₂ ...
Ingrid Gomez +6 more
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Biomechanical response of varicose veins to elastic compression: A numerical study. [PDF]
, 2013 International audienceA patient-specific finite-element (FE) model of the human leg is developed to model the stress distribution in and around a vein wall in order to determine the biomechanical response of varicose veins to compression treatment.
Avril, Stéphane +4 more
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Амбулаторная хирургия, 2023 The presence of dilated suprapubic veins (suprapubic shunt) is considered to be a classic symptom of post-thrombotic and non-thrombotic venous outflow obstruction. Meanwhile, the descriptions of isolated cases of the creation of a suprapubic shunt during
A. A. Akulova +4 more
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