Dezube Aaron R, Rauh Jake, Dezube Michael, Iafrati Mark, Rigo JoAnn, Muto Paula
Department of Surgery, Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Int J Angiol. 2021 Aug 25;30(4):285-291. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1730447. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a common cause of lower extremity discomfort. We hypothesized that patients with RLS symptoms have higher rates of deep and superficial venous reflux (SVR). Retrospective review of patients ≥18 years of age evaluated in a venous center from December 2018 to February 2019. Differences in rates of RLS symptoms, demographics, comorbidities, and clinical and radiologic presence of venous disease were analyzed. Overall, 207 patients were analyzed; 140 (67.6%) reported RLS symptoms ( = 25 with prior RLS diagnosis). RLS symptoms were more common with superficial or combined superficial and deep venous reflux (DVR) compared with those without reflux ( < 0.001). Patients with RLS symptoms as opposed to those without had similar demographics and comorbidities (all > 0.05) but increased rates of venous pain, phlebitis, family history of venous disease, lower extremity swelling and SVR, and combined SVR and DVR (all < 0.05). Our multivariable logistic regression found presence of SVR, and family history of venous reflux was associated with RLS symptomatology (all < 0.001). Ninety-nine patients with RLS underwent ablation; of them, 93 had duplex-proven reflux resolution of which 81 (87%) reported RLS symptom improvement. This included 13 of 16 (81.3%) with prior RLS diagnosis. SVR is associated with increased rates of RLS symptoms in a vein center population. Therefore, RLS symptoms should trigger a targeted venous evaluation. Our results suggest that venous ablation may lead to resolution of RLS symptoms in patients with SVR, but randomized prospective trials with strict RLS definition criteria are warranted to confirm these outcomes.
不安腿综合征(RLS)是下肢不适的常见原因。我们推测有RLS症状的患者深静脉和浅静脉反流(SVR)发生率更高。对2018年12月至2019年2月在静脉中心接受评估的18岁及以上患者进行回顾性研究。分析RLS症状发生率、人口统计学特征、合并症以及静脉疾病的临床和影像学表现的差异。总体而言,分析了207例患者;140例(67.6%)报告有RLS症状(其中25例先前已诊断为RLS)。与无反流的患者相比,浅静脉或浅静脉与深静脉联合反流(DVR)患者的RLS症状更常见(P<0.001)。有RLS症状的患者与无RLS症状的患者在人口统计学特征和合并症方面相似(均P>0.05),但静脉疼痛、静脉炎、静脉疾病家族史、下肢肿胀以及SVR和SVR与DVR合并发生率更高(均P<0.05)。我们的多变量逻辑回归发现SVR的存在以及静脉反流家族史与RLS症状相关(均P<0.001)。99例RLS患者接受了消融治疗;其中93例经双功超声证实反流消失,其中81例(87%)报告RLS症状改善。这包括16例中有13例(81.3%)先前已诊断为RLS的患者。在静脉中心人群中,SVR与RLS症状发生率增加相关。因此,RLS症状应引发有针对性的静脉评估。我们的结果表明,静脉消融可能会使SVR患者的RLS症状得到缓解,但需要严格按照RLS定义标准进行随机前瞻性试验以证实这些结果。