Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Can Great Saphenous Vein Diameter Be Correlated with Clinical Severity Scores and Quality of Life in Indian Population?

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Indian Journal of Surgery Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

To study GSV diameter at proximal thigh and its correlation with CEAP, VCSS, and quality of life. Prospective observational study. All patients diagnosed as varicose veins in the department of general surgery at a tertiary care hospital between November 2017 and October 2018 were included in the study. Secondary varicose veins and other lymphovascular disorders were not included in the study. A total of 100 patients were included in the study after exclusion criteria. Eighty were males and 20 were females. There was non-significant positive statistical correlation between the GSV diameter at proximal thigh and C scoring of CEAP, VCSS, and quality of life (CIVIQ-14 questionnaire). GSV diameter cannot be made as a sole prediction criteria for clinical severity as other factors like early detection, compliance to treatment, presence of reflux, or not are a few of the many compounding factors.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Mirji P, Emmi S, Joshi C (2012) Study of clinical features and management of varicose veins of lower limb. J Clin Diagn Res 5(7):1416–1420

    Google Scholar 

  2. Gibson K, Meissner M, Wright D (2012) Great saphenous vein diameter does not correlate with worsening quality of life scores in patients with great saphenous vein incompetence. J Vasc Surg 56:1634–1641

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Mendoza E, Amsler F, Kalodiki E (2016) Correlation between great saphenous vein diameter next to the saphenofemoral junction and at proximal thigh with C of CEAP and venous clinical severity score (VCSS). Phlebologie 45:29–35

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Irodi A, Keshava SN, Agarwal S, Korah IP, Sadhu D (2011) Ultrasound Doppler evaluation of the pattern of involvement of varicose veins in Indian patients. Indian J Surg 73(2):125–130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-010-0195-0

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Kaplan RM, Criqui MH, Denenberg JO, Bergan J, Fronek A (2003) Quality of life in patients with chronic venous disease: San Diego population study. J Vasc Surg 37:1047–1053

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Vuylsteke ME, Colman R, Thomis S, Guillaume G, Van Quickenborne D, Staelens I (2018) An epidemiological survey of venous disease among general practitioner attendees in different geographical regions on the globe: the final results of the vein consult program. Angiology 69:779. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003319718759834

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Shepherd AC, Gohel MS, Lim CS, Davies AH (2011) A study to compare disease-specific quality of life with clinical anatomical and hemodynamic assessments in patients with varicose veins. J Vasc Surg 53:374–382

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Michaels J, Campbell W, Brazier J, Macintyre J, Palfreyman S, Ratcliffe J et al (2006) Randomised clinical trial, observational study and assessment of cost-effectiveness of the treatment of varicose veins (REACTIV trial). Health Technol Assess 10:1–196

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Gloviczki P, Comerota AJ, Dalsing MC, Eklof BG, Gillespie DL, Gloviczki ML et al (2011) The care of patients with varicose veins and associated chronic venous diseases: Clinical practice guidelines of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Venous Forum. J Vasc Surg 53(5 Supplement):2S–48S

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Labropoulos N, Tiongson J, Pryor L, Tassiopoulos AK, Kang SS, Ashraf Mansour M, Baker WH (2003) Definition of venous reflux in lower-extremity veins. J Vasc Surg 38:793–798

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Navarro TP, Delis KT, Ribeiro AP (2002) Clinical and hemodynamic significance of the greater saphenous vein diameter in chronic venous insufficiency. Arch Surg 137:1233–1237

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Musil D, Herman J, Mazuch J (2008) Width of the great saphenous vein lumen in the groin and occurrence of significant reflux in the saphenofemoral junction. Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 152:267–270

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, AFMC, Pune, Maharashtra, 411040, India

    Arunjeet KK & Manoj Kumar

Authors
  1. Arunjeet KK
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Manoj Kumar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Manoj Kumar.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

Institutional ethical committee clearance was obtained at start of study. Study was conducted with ethical clearance.

Informed Consent

All patients’ data were used with informed consent.

Additional information

Publisher’s Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

KK, A., Kumar, M. Can Great Saphenous Vein Diameter Be Correlated with Clinical Severity Scores and Quality of Life in Indian Population?. Indian J Surg 83, 244–247 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02284-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02284-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation