The evidence supporting treatment of reflux and obstruction in chronic venous disease

Neil M Khilnani; Mark H Meissner; Suresh Vedanatham; Gregory Piazza; Suman M Wasen; Sean Lyden; Marlin Schul; Joshua A Beckman

doi:10.1016/j.jvsv.2017.02.003

The evidence supporting treatment of reflux and obstruction in chronic venous disease

J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2017 May;5(3):399-412. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2017.02.003.

Authors

Neil M Khilnani¹, Mark H Meissner², Suresh Vedanatham³, Gregory Piazza⁴, Suman M Wasen⁵, Sean Lyden⁶, Marlin Schul⁷, Joshua A Beckman⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Interventional Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine Vein Treatment Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY. Electronic address: nmkhilna@med.cornell.edu.
² Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash.
³ Division of Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
⁴ Vascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
⁵ Division of Vascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Okla.
⁶ Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁷ Indiana Vascular Associates, Lafayette, Ind.
⁸ Vascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.

PMID: 28411707
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2017.02.003

Abstract

On July 20, 2016, a Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee panel convened to assess the evidence supporting treatment of chronic venous disease. Several societies addressed the questions posed to the panel. A multidisciplinary coalition, representing nine societies of venous specialists, reviewed the literature and presented a consensus opinion regarding the panel questions. The purpose of this paper is to present our coalition's consensus review of the literature and recommendations for chronic venous disease.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chronic Disease
Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Constriction, Pathologic / economics
Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Care Costs
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Leg / blood supply
Middle Aged
Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Diseases / economics
Vascular Diseases / therapy*
Venous Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Venous Insufficiency / economics
Venous Insufficiency / therapy
Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Venous Thrombosis / economics
Venous Thrombosis / therapy
Young Adult