Assessment of post operative complications in the patients operated for leg varicose veins in a tertiary health care centre K C Channappa1, Udai Hirdaya Mohan
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Varicose vein the most commonly encountered conditions is nothing but abnormally dilated, tortuous, elongated, friable superficial veins, usually of lower limbs. Aims and Objectives: To study post operative complications in the patients operated for leg varicose veins in a tertiary health care centre. Methodology: After approval from institutional ethical committee this cross-sectional study was carried out in the department of General surgery of a tertiary health care centre during the one year period i.e. March 2017 to March 2018, during the one year period there were those patients who were operated for the varicose vein of leg was included into the study, so there were 81 patients were operated, included into the study. All necessary details of the patients like age, sex, any minor or major complications in the follow up visits were assessed. The data was analyzed by Excel sheets for windows 10. Result: In our study the overall post operative complication were 32.10% out of that the minor were 20% out of that the most common were ;Wound infection in 8.64%, followed by Neurasthesia-6.17%, Lymphoedema in 3.70%, Superficial thrombo-phlebitis in 2.47%, Blister of ankle, foot ulcer, Chest infection in 1.23%. The major complications were 7.41 % out of that the most common were Nerve injury - 2.47%, DVT only, Major vessel injury, DVT with PE were 1.23%. Conclusion: It can be concluded from our study that the most common complication were minor i.e. Wound infection, Neurasthesia, Lymphoedema, Superficial thrombo-phlebitis etc. and the major complication were Nerve injury, DVT only, Major vessel injury, DVT with PE.
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K C Channappa, Udai Hirdaya Mohan Lal
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