Overview
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Charles Vaughan Ruckley
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Vascular Surgery Office, Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Andrew Walter Bradbury
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Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Francis Gerald Reid Fowkes
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Department of Public Health Sciences, Wolfson Unit for Prevention of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Teviot Place, UK
Text has been prepared by an international group of expert authors
Uses a broadly-based approach to venous disease and original, high quality data
Tackles controversial clinical and management problems
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Epidemiology and Aetiology
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- C. J. Evans, A. J. Lee, C. V. Ruckley, F. G. R. Fowkes
Pages 3-14
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- Gordon D. O. Lowe, Ann Rumley
Pages 26-31
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- A. J. Lee, C. J. Evans, C. V. Ruckley, F. G. R. Fowkes
Pages 32-41
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- Philip D. Coleridge-Smith
Pages 51-70
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Diagnosis and Measurement
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Clinical Management
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Front Matter
Pages 115-115
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Priorities for Treatment
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Front Matter
Pages 151-151
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About this book
Varicose veins are a very common problem. The precise aetiology of primary varicose veins remains unclear. It seems likely from the available evidence that inherited structural weakness combined with haemodynamic or microcirculatory abnormalities eventually lead to reduced vein wall elasticity, dilatation and the formation of varicosities. Increasing age, female gender, parity and occupation may all promote the development of varicose veins in susceptible individuals. Further clinical and experimental studies are necessary if the relative contribution of each of these factors is to be fully elucidated. References 1. Editorial. The treatment of varicose veins. Lancet 1975;ii:311. 2. Prerovsky I. Diseases of the veins. World Health Organisation, internal communication, MHO-PA 10964. 3. Weddell JM. Varicose veins: pilot study. Br J Surg 1969;23:179-186. 4. Hobsley M. Pathways in surgical management. 2nd ed. London: Edward Arnold, 1986. 5. Browse NL, Burnand KG, Lea Thomas M. Diseases of the veins. London: Edward Arnold, 1988. 6. Logan WPD, Brooke EM. The survey of sickness. Studies on medical and population subjects no. 12. London: General Register Office, 1957. 7. The committee on the Danish national morbidity survey. The sickness survey of Denmark. Copenhagen, 1960. 8. US Department of Health. Education and welfare: national health survey 1935-1936. Washington, DC, 1938. 9. The Department of National Health and Welfare and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Illness and health care in Canada. Canadian Sickness Survey 1950-1951. Ottawa, 1960.
