Venous Disease

Section I: Epidemiology and Aetiology.- 1 How Common Is Venous Disease in the General Population?.- 2 Leg Ulcer and Chronic Venous Insufficiency in the Community.- 3 What Are the Risks of Thrombophilia?.- 4 Does Lifestyle Really Affect Venous Disease?.- 5 What Makes Veins Varicose?.- 6 How Does a Leg Ulcerate?.- Section II: Diagnosis and Measurement.- 7 How Should Venous Disease Be Classified?.- 8 How Do We Select the Appropriate Tests of Venous Function?.- 9 Imaging of Chronic Venous Disease.- 10 Venous Symptoms and Signs and the Results of Duplex Ultrasound: Do They Agree?.- Section III: Clinical Management.- 11 Compression Therapy. Is It Worthwhile?.- 12 What is the Place of Sclerotherapy?.- 13 Perforator Surgery: What Is Its Role?.- 14 Can We Tailor Surgery to the Venous Abnormality?.- Section IV: Priorities for Treatment.- 15 Medical Treatment for Venous Diseases.- 16 Telangiectasia: Is Treatment Worthwhile and Who Should Pay?.- 17 Which Patients Should be Selected for Venous Surgery?.- 18 NHS and Independent Provision of Varicose Vein Surgery: A Rational Basis for Case Selection.- 19 How Can Evidence on Treating Venous Disease be Rationalised?.- Section V: Delivery of Care.- 20 Should Every Patient with Chronic Venous Disease Have a Duplex Scan?.- 21 How To Run an Efficient Venous Service?.- 22 What Is the Scope of Day Care for Venous Surgery?.- 23 Hospital or Community: How Should Leg Ulcer Care be Provided?.- 24 What Are the Costs of Treating Venous Disease?.- Section VI: Improving Outcomes.- 25 How Do We Prevent Recurrence of Varicose Veins?.- 26 How Can We Improve Outcomes for Leg Ulcer Patients?.- 27 Quality of Life for Leg Ulcer Patients?.- 28 Developing and Implementing Leg Ulcer Guidelines?.