METHOD FOR PREDICTING VALVULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF SURFACE AND PERFORATED VEINS OF INFERIOR LIMBS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, phlebology.

SUBSTANCE: one should gradually investigate patient's limb by areas in patient's lying position. Area under testing should be visualized in infrared radiation. One should apply tourniquet onto inferior part of tested area, with the help of finger compression it is necessary to clean the tested venous part against blood, then one should apply tourniquet onto the upper part of tested area. Valvular insufficiency of surface veins should be diagnosed at registering horizontal reflux after performing several bending movements. The method enables to distinguish valvular insufficiency of surface and perforated femoral veins and those of shin without direct contact with patient's skin at early terms of varicosis.

EFFECT: higher accuracy of diagnostics.

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