Review of materials of the fourth European Venous Forum (Stockholm, Sweden)

Porembskaya O.Ya.¹, Meltsova A.Zh.¹, Bulatov V.L.²

1) Chair of Departmental Surgery, First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov
2) Scientific Research institute of Experimental Medicine under the North-West Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

The article provides a brief review of the opinions and experience of the leading phlebologists from various countries, reflecting the latest updates and current problems regarding state-of-the-art management of diseases of major veins of lower extremities. Special attention is focussed on deep vein thromboses and consequences thereof, as well as varicose disease. This is followed by description of novel approaches to treatment of the pathology concerned.

KEY WORDS: European Venous Forum, diagnosis and treatment of varicose disease, lower limb deep vein Thrombosis.

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