Publications by authors named "A Brunken"
Background: Using the information of the federal statistics, a detailed description of the hospitalisation rate for amputation in Germany was possible for the first time, and trends since 2005 can be reported.
Patients And Methods: Detailed lists of all amputations coded as minor amputations (OPS 5 - 864) and major amputations (OPS 5 - 865) performed in 2005 and 2008, divided into the 4th and 5th number of the OPS-code, were provided by the Federal Statistical Office.
Results: Despite an increase in total number of hospitalized patients suffering from peripheral arterial disease and neurovascular disease there is a relevant decrease in age adjusted major amputation rates per 100.
Objectives: Foam sclerotherapy of varicose veins has recently proven to be an effective, economic and safe treatment modality. The present study attempts to evaluate the haemodynamic changes after sclerotherapy in addition to the clinical results.
Methods: In a prospective observation trial, 67 sites (2/3 of which were recurrent varicose [RV] veins after previous treatment) in 53 patients were treated with polidocanol foam, and the results were assessed clinically, by duplex, photoplethysmography and strain gauge plethysmography.