Consensus Conference on Sclerotherapy.

Sclerotherapy has been used for a long time now in many European Countries for the treatment of varicose veins of the lower limbs. However, sclerotherapy has often been excluded from the international scientific world and from university hospitals. Therefore, there are stili many controversies concerning the techniques available, the indications, and the results of the treatment. For this reason a scientific committee, nominated by five Departments of Surgery from five different Italian university hospitals (namely Padua, Verona, Milan, Modena, and Rome) proposed the organization of an Dermato/ Surg 1995;21:642-647 and subfascial perforating vein ligation for recurrent venous ulceration. Br J Surg 1993;80:845-8. 37. Raju S, Fredericks R. Venous obstruction: an analysis of one hundred thirty-seven cases with hemodynamic, venographic, and clinical correlations. J Vasc Surg 1991;14:305-13. 38. Kistner RL, Ferris EB, Randhawa G, Kamida C. A method of performing descending venography. J Vasc Surg 1986;4:464-8. 39. Raju S. New approaches to the diagnosis and treatrnent of venous obstruction. J Vasc Surg 1986;4:42-54. 40. Neglen P, Raju S. Detection of outflow obstruction in chronic venous insufficiency. J Vasc Surg 1993;17:583-9. 41. Albrechtsson U, Einarsson E, Eklof B. Femoral vein pressure measurements for evaluation of venous function in patients with postthrombotic iliac veins. Cardiovasc Intervent RadioI1981;4:4350. 42. Perrin M. Chronic venous insufficiency in the lower limbs. Paris, McGraw Hill, 1990. 43. Nicolaides AN, Zukowski AJ. The value of dynamic venous pressure measurements. World J Surg 1986;10:919-24. 44. Welkie JF, Comerota AJ, Katz ML, Aldridge Se, Kerr RP, White JV. Hemodynarnic deterioration in chronic venous disease. J Vasc Surg 1992;16:733-40. 45. Nicolaides AN, Hussein MK, Szendro G, Christopoulos D, Vasdekis S, Clarke H. The relation of venous ulceration with ambulatory venous pressure measurements. J Vasc Surg 1993;17:414-9. International Consensus Conference on sclerotherapy of varicose veins of the lower limbs