[Quantitative evaluation of hemodynamics in varicose veins]

The experience with the clinical use for many years of the quantitative plethysmographic indices for solving the diagnostical and tactical problems in varicose disease has shown their advantage over the clinical and roentgenophlebographical signs in detecting the presence and degree of retrograde blood flow in the perforating veins of a crus, making clear distinction between the stages of compensation and decompensation with subdivision of the latter into the subgroups according to the pronouncement of perforans shunting, choice of a method for operation.