Treatment of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities

Abstract

The article discusses up-to-date concepts of the prevalence, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of chronic venous diseases and chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities. It discusses the current views on the mechanism of action of various phlebotrophic drugs used in the symptomatic treatment of chronic venous diseases of the lower extremities and chronic venous insufficiency, updates data on the advantages of micronized purified flavonoid fraction for the treatment of all clinical classes of chronic venous diseases.

Keywords

• chronic venous diseases
• chronic venous insufficiency
• varicose veins
• post-thrombotic syndrome
• diosmin
• micronized purified flavonoid fraction
• phlebotrophic therapy