Prevalence and risk factors of phlebosclerosis in the great saphenous vein

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of phlebosclerosis of the great saphenous vein is low, specifically 2.3%. Hypertension and increased age are risk factors for the development of phlebosclerosis. Both sexes are equally affected, while BMI, smoking, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia do not contribute to the development of phlebosclerosis.PMID:36896864 | DOI:10.1177/17085381231162134

Source: Vascular - March 10, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Kostas Tepelenis Georgios Papathanakos Aikaterini Kitsouli Alexandra Barbouti Dimitrios N Varvarousis Athanasios A Kefalas Nikolaos Anastasopoulos Georgios Paraskevas Panagiotis Kanavaros Source Type: research