[Treatment of the postthrombophlebitic syndrome]

Under observation were 113 patients with the postthrombophlebitic syndrome. Fifty three patients were treated conservatively and 60 were operated upon. The tactics and remote results of the treatment are described. Conservative therapy in most cases fails to give satisfactory results. Surgery including operations on the ligation of communicating veins, dissection of superficial veins and plication of the deep fascia of the leg give stable and satisfactory results.