CONTEMPORARY VIEW ON ULTRASOUND DUPLEX SCANNING OF VARICOSEVEINS AND ITS RECURRENCE
A literature review is devoted to assessment of the role of duplex ultrasound scanning in diagnostics and treatment of varicose veins and its recurrence. In the article modern knowledge of epidemiology and social significance of the disease are presented. Much attention is paid to characterization of duplex ultrasound scanning of lower extremities veins. At the present time minimally invasive endovascular methods of the varicose veins surgery are widely used. The important role ultrasound investigation plays when these practices are applied is emphasized. Particular qualities of duplex ultrasound scanning which is used when varicose veins recurrence has started are pointed out. The positions of several authors about criteria and technologies of ultrasound work-up of veins of these patients are set forth. There are several unsettled questions concerned invention of unified protocols of ultrasound work-up for patients with varicose veins and its recurrence. In this review it is pointed out that at the present time duplex ultrasound scanning is optimal diagnostic technique of lower extremities veins pathology.