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. 2016;9(2):85-90.
doi: 10.3400/avd.oa.16-00017. Epub 2016 May 4.

Clinical Features and Developing Risks of Saphenous Vein Thrombophlebitis

Hiroto Rikimaru  1
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Clinical Features and Developing Risks of Saphenous Vein Thrombophlebitis

Hiroto Rikimaru. Ann Vasc Dis. 2016.

Abstract

We evaluated the clinical features and the risks of 14 patients with 14 limbs affected by saphenous vein thrombophlebitis from April 2007 to May 2013 and compared the results with patients undergoing operative repair of varicose veins (127 patients, 193 limbs) during the study period. The frequency of patients with a body mass index over 25 (78.6% vs. 35.3%, p = 0.0018), varicose change in the saphenous vein (78.6% vs. 6.2%, p <0.0001), and concurrent thrombosis in another vein (50.0% vs. 7.1%, p <0.0001) were all significantly higher than those of the patients under operative repair for varicose veins. These patients with clinical features above may be at an elevated risk of thrombophlebitis of the saphenous trunk. (This article is a translation of J Jpn Coll Angiol 2014; 54: 151-157).

Keywords: body mass index; deep vein thrombosis; saphenous vein; thrombophlebitis; varicose vein.

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