Aims and Objective

1. To study the association between asymptomatic in Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with varicose veins in different gender and age groups.
2. To study the risk of developing DVT in patients having superficial venous thrombophlebitis with varicose veins.
3. To study the Clinical correlation of CEAP classification with DVT in patients with varicose veins.

Materials and Methods

• Patients presenting to department of General surgery of SS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre during the period from June 2017 to June 2019 with Varicose veins of lower limbs and without clinical signs of DVT were included in this study.
• Patients were categorised according to CEAP classification.
• All patients were subjected to duplex scanning of lower limbs to look for presence of superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) and DVT.

Results:  In our study, 73% patients were males and 27% patients were females. Maximum patients were in age group of 40-60 years.16 patients had DVT, 38 patients had SVT, 166 patients belonged to C2 and 56 patients belonged to CEAP class C3 and beyond.

Conclusion: There is strong associations between Varicose veins and asympyomatic DVT .The presence of STP is not a risk factor for concomitant DVT in varicose vein patients. Clinical presentation with C3 or more CEAP grade is one of the potential risk factors for concomitant DVT in varicose vein patients .

Keywords: Varicose veins, Deep vein thrombosis, CEAP.

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Dr Vijay Kumar S

Department of Surgery, R L Jalappa Hospital, Tamaka Kolar, Karnataka