![]() Exclusion criteria: not willing to undergo surgery, incompetence of deep venous system described as a reflux longer than 0.5 s, chronic lower limb ischemia defined as a lack of distal pulses or signs of ambulatory claudication Fontaine grade II to IV, skin infection, severe comorbidities described as ASA grade III to V, presence of neoplastic disease, lymphangitis, heart failure and renal failure. Inclusion criteria were CEAP stage C2 and C3, patient willing to undergo elective stripping of the great saphenous vein (GSV), and consent for the study. The study was conducted in the Eskulap Phlebology Centre in Bydgoszcz. The study included 216 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of CVD, qualified for elective surgery and compression therapy for this reason.
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