[Surgical treatment of varicosity-altered tributaries of saphenous veins].

A total of 469 patients presenting with lower-limb varicose disease were operated on at Municipal Clinical Hospital No 79 of the Chair of Hospital Surgery No 2 of the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University over the period from 2008 to 2011.

[Surgical treatment of an aneurysm of the deep femoral artery].

We report herein a rare clinical case concerning an isolated deep aneurysm of the femoral artery with extravasal compression of the superficial femoral vein, complicated by venous insufficiency and oedema of the lower extremity. A 66-year-old female patient was admitted complaining of a pulsing formation on the left inguinal region, a feeling of puffiness and heaviness of the left lower extremity. The findings of the ultrasonographic Doppler scanning showed no signs of deep veins thrombosis, however, in the projection of the Skarpovsky's triangle of the left lower limb, there was an aneurysmatic dilatation of the deep femoral artery, arteriovenous malformation (?).

[Modern methods of comprehensive management of patients with varicose disease relapsing after surgical interventions].

Despite progress achieved by Russian phlebology in diagnosis and treatment of lower-limb varicose disease, the latter remains the most commonly encountered pathology of the vascular bed. Treatment for varicose disease includes a series of unsolved as yet problems, the main of which being a relapse of varicose disease after surgical interventions. The authors share herein their experience gained in using comprehensive methods while managing varicose disease relapses, also describing the technique of the procedures performed and analysing certain technical variants thereof.

[Minimally invasive methods for the treatment of the recurrent varicosis].

The experience of 193 cases of recurrent variceal disease (RVD) was summarized. Major reasons of recurrences after surgery were analyzed. Traditional and miniinvasive RVD treatment approaches are listed and its efficacy was thoroughly analyzed.

[Cell technologies in complex treatment of venous trophic ulcers].

Live skin equivalent and fibroblasts in gel were used in complex treatment of venous trophic ulcers to evaluate efficacy of cell transplants. Their efficacy depended on extent of trophic ulcer and time of their existence. Cell culture method is minimally traumatic, can be used in elder patients and seniors and gives positive results in 85% of cases.