Phlebography data for obliterating endarteritis of the lower extremities

Recently, interest in the state of veins in obliterating diseases of the arteries of the extremities has been increasing. Some authors (Wessler et al.) Even believe that with obliterating arteriosclerosis of the extremities, changes in the veins are primary, and in the arteries, secondary. In the domestic literature, several works have recently appeared on the issues of changes in the function of the veins of the extremities in obliterating arterial diseases. A. B. Maisel, studying venous pressure in obliterating endarteritis, came to the conclusion that it increases in parallel with the severity of the process. Violations of venous blood flow in the lower extremities in obliterating diseases of the arteries are reported by N.I. Krakovsky and V. Ya. Zolotarevsky. On the basis of phlebography data, H. M. Karnakova reported on the expansion of the main, venous trunks of the leg with obliterating endarteritis. Examining the veins of the amputated limbs, V.V. Ginzburg and A.G. Fedorova found their expansion in a third of the patients.