[Compression syndromes in chronic venous insufficiency of lower extremities]

Results of examination and surgical treatment of 77 patients with severe forms of chronic venous and lymphovenous insufficiency of lower extremities were analyzed. The compression syndrome concept and its role in pathogenesis of severe forms of chronic venous and lymphovenous insufficiency of lower extremities were determined. There was elaborated the tactics of complex treatment of patients, application of which had permitted to achieve the trophic ulcers healing in 98% operated patients, previously considered noncurable.