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Title: [Overview: varicosis (author's transl)]. Author: Widmer LK, Kamber V, da Silva A, Madar G. Journal: Langenbecks Arch Chir; 1978 Nov; 347():203-7. PubMed ID: 732418. Abstract: The prevalence and sociomedical importance of peripheral venous diseases and peripheral venous disorders are discussed on the basis of a prospective epidemiologic field study (Basle Study) among 4529 apparently healthy workers and clerks of the Basle pharmaceutical industry. Prevalence: Pulmonary embolism was reported in 2% phlebitis in 10%. Varicose veins were present in 56% and signs of chronic venous insufficiency in 16%, respectively. Reticular and hyphen web varices predominated. Stem varicose veins were found in 15%. The sociomedical importance of varicose veins is evaluated according to the rates of complication and treatment. A medically significant varicosity was present in 12% of this working population. Three percent presented severe alterations that already had caused complications and 9% presented changes indicating.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]