[Surgical tactics in acute superficial thrombophlebitis]

Results of the surgical treatment of 147 patients for acute thrombophlebitis of the dilated subcutaneous veins are described. Radical vagotomy was performed in most of the patients. The removal of thrombi from the umbilical veins with the help of the Fogarty probe and aspiration with a vacuum suction device was performed in 13 cases. A conclusion is made that the surgical treatment of acute thrombophlebitis of subcutaneous veins of lower extremities is an effective method of prophylactics of thromboses and pulmonary embolism.