Eric Mowatt-Larssen • Sapan S. Desai
Anahita Dua • Cynthia E.K. Shortell
Editors

2014

Diagnosis and Management of Venous Disease

Phlebology is in the midst of a revolution brought on by technological advancements. Duplex ultrasound is used before treatments to map reflux and see clots and obstructions in diagnosis, during many procedures to ensure accurate treatments, and used afterward to check technical success and avoidance of complications. Furthermore, because it allows noninvasive monitoring of venous pathology, it has acted much like the invention of the telescope and allowed paradigm-challenging observations about the natural history of reflux.