<prompt> Varicose vein surgery is contraindicated in -Varicose ulcersDeep vein ThrombosisPigmentation Over limbHemorrhoides  <response>: Ans. is b deep vein Thrombosis Ref Bailey love, 24e, p 963 23e, p 245Surgical treatment of varicose vein is widely used and is effecive in removing varicose veins of the main saphenous trunks, as well as their tributaries, down to a size of about 3 mm. Veins smaller than this are best treated by Sclerotherapy. Surgical removal of varices is inappropriate where these form a major part of the venous drainage of the limb, for example where a deep vein thrombosis has destroyed the main axial limb veins and the pt. relies on the superficial veins. - Bailey Love 