[The diagnosis and treatment of recent deep venous phlebitis outside hospital (author's transl)]

Three angeiologists from different regions and in different ways suggest, on the basis of their experience, a method for the management of the non-hospitalised patient suspected of suffering from a deep venous thrombosis of the lower limbs. They consider the early clinical diagnosis, clinical forms, differential diagnosis and the special investigations which must be prescribed, remembering a therapeutic trial with heparin. First they deal on the one hand with systemic treatment, i.e. anticoagulants and their contraindications, anti-inflammatory agents, vasodilators and procaine, and secondly local treatment. The authors conclude in the need for a rapid and precise diagnosis and treatment adapted to each individual case, closely observed and continued until a return to normal.