RESULTS OF RUSSIAN PRACTICING PHLEBOLOGISTS SURVEY ON PROBLEMS IN TREATMENT OF PERINEUM AND VULVA VARICOSE VEINS: CLINICAL PRACTICE

Abstract

The study aims to provide a rough estimate of the frequency of perineum and vulva varicose veins occurrence based on the Russian practicing phlebologists survey. Materials and methods. The anonymous survey was conducted within the framework of the “Current phlebology” project. The multiple choice survey questionnaire consisted of 9 questions. Results. 138 respondents participated in the survey. There were general surgeons (31.4 %), phlebology surgeons (29.9 %), vascular surgeons (27.7 %), functional diagnostics specialists (5.1 %) and gynecologists (2 %) among them. The participatory share of respondents of other qualifications made up 3 %. Based on statistical processing and a comparative analysis of the obtained data, it was found that a multisliced computed phlebography of the inferior vena cava and that of small pelvis veins (42.6 %) as well as a magnetic resonance phlebography (34.8 %) proved to be the most informative X-ray examinations. When choosing a treatment method, 39 % of respondents preferred sclerotherapy and 26.5 % of respondents preferred miniflebectomy. This being the case, 76.3 % of phlebology surgeons have put a high value on the issue and have specified that it is important from both the clinical point of view and the aesthetic one.