Lower limb

Question 1

What are the conservative steps to varicose veins?

Answer 1

LIFESTYLE

1) lose weight
2) stop standing for ages
3) Compression stockings - 3 grades

Question 2

What examination would you perform to test for varicose veins?

Answer 2

Trendelenburg’s test

Use tourniquet: to test if either saphenous or perforators.

Question 3

What are the surgical steps in managing varicose veins?

Answer 3

<12mm thickness

1) Sodium tetradecyl sulphate
2) Endovenous foam treatment
3) Radiofrequency ablation

> 12mm thickness

1) Ligation
2) Babcock stripping

IF PERFORATORS
- sclerotherapy, no need for stripping.

Question 4

What is osteopetrosis?

Answer 4

MARBLE BONE DISEASE

Defective osteoclast function causing poor resorption of normal bone