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What is NOT a cause of varicose veins: March 2013 (f) and explain in detail?
Ans. A i.e. Superficial venous thrombosis Varicose veins Gold standard method of diagnosing VV: Duplex imaging Sclerosant used in VV: Ethanolamine oleate Test to demonstrate sapheno-femoral incompetence: Brodie-Trendelenburg test MC complication of stripping: Ecchymosis Cocket & Dodds's operation: Subfascial ligation