[Varicose recurrence: opinion of a team]

Relapse, or the continuation of the development of varicose disorder, seems to us to be common after sclerosis when there is a manifest insufficiency of the saphenous valves. Relapse following surgical operation is rare : 0.4 p. cent in our files. Most often it follows initial surgery which has been too limited, or else faulty. However, one out of every thousand of our patients has relapsed, and there has been no possible valid explanation of the venous redevelopment, whose factors are analysed.