[The transfascial excision of indurated subcutaneous fat in the postthrombophlebitic syndrome]

The authors came to the conclusion that in surgical treatment of the postthrombophlebitic syndrome it is necessary in some cases to excise the indurated fatty tissue on the leg during the operation on the veins. It should be carried out transfascially through a Felder incision in combination with ligatin of the perforating veins on the leg. The suggested method produces better results than those of excision of the changed fatty tissue through a cut made in the skin overlying it. Excision of the indurated fatty tissue removes the focus of chronic infection and autoallergy.