[Varicose veins and postphlebitic syndrome of the lower extremities in elderly patients].

On the basis of treatment of 247 patients with the postthrombophlebitis syndrome and varicose veins of the lower limbs (72 of the patients underwent operation) the authors established that the course of these diseases is graver in elderly and old-aged patients than in younger patients. Old-aged patients tolerate, typical surgical interventions on the veins fairly well if they are subjected to careful preoperative management and systematic treatment in the postoperative period. Nonoperative treatment is very important and is effective in individual choice of the therapeutic measures. Prevention of allergic complications and normalization of the immune and regeneratory properties of the patient's organism are important elements of treatment.