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## Background: Because of the fear of obliterating the collateral outflow path and thus worsening venous hypertension, many physicians believe that deep venous obstruction (dvo) is a contraindication for the treatment of superficial venous reflux (svr). in the present review, we have described the available clinical data for this important group of patients. ## Methods: A literature search was performed of pubmed, web of science, and google scholar to identify clinical research studies reported between 1991 and 2021 that had evaluated the concomitant management of svr and dvo. studies were excluded if they had included fewer than five patients, had not specified the interventions used to treat svr, or had no follow-up data available. all the studies included were observational, and their quality was assessed using the newcastle-ottawa scale. ## Results: Ten retrospective cohort studies were included, with a total of 2476 limbs in 2428 patients, with concurrent svr and dvo or a known history of deep vein thrombosis treated in 944 limbs. of the 10 studies, 8 were comparative. the level of dvo was suprainguinal, when specified, in most cases. the mean age range was 42 to 65 years, 143

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Author

Bright Benfor; Eric K. Peden

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)