Acta Biomedica Scientia

TO STUDY ROLE OF COLOUR FLOW DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY IN EVALUATION AND WITH CORRELATION OF CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY OF LOWER LIMBS IN SOUTH INDIANS

Dr. Sanjeeb Kumar Agarwal1*, Reena Agarwal

sanjeeb100@gmail.com

Color Flow Duplex Sonography, Chronic Venous Insufficiency, Lower Limbs.

Chronic venous Insufficiency (CVI) is a commonest condition encountered in clinical practice that occurs due to venous valvular dysfunction in the superficial, deep, and/or perforating veins. The spectrum may vary from common varicose veins to more severe deep vein thrombosis and resulting local and systemic complications. Duplex ultrasonography plays vital role in understanding the spectrum of CVI. Venous Insufficiency of the lower limbs is characterized by symptoms or signs produced by venous hypertension as a result of structural or functional abnormalities of veins. The most frequent causes of Venous Insufficiency are primary abnormalities of the venous wall and the valves and secondary changes due to previous venous thrombosis that can lead to reflux, obstruction, or both. The present study aims to evaluate the role of colour flow duplex ultrasound in clinically suspected patients of Venous Insufficiency of the lower limbs. 50 patients with symptoms and signs of lower extremity Venous Insufficiency were included in this study. Study was done to identify the cause of their symptoms and to diagnose and establish Venous Insufficiency or deep vein thrombosis or both as their symptomatic cause with Duplex ultrasound. The colour duplex sonography is a safe, non-invasive, accurate, easily repeatable, economical, and widely available modality in the diagnosis of venous insufficiency and excludes underlying DVT, thus helping in providing valuable insights for the treatment of the patient. Duplex ultrasound was effective in excluding other causes of pain and swelling, thus preventing invasive investigations and interventions and unnecessary medical therapy