[Circulatory effect of saphenous reflux in primary varicose veins].

The authors studied venous pressure in the posterior tibial vein and the internal saphenous vein in primary varicose veins and after saphenous ligation with stripping. It is saphenous reflux which is the cause of all the disorders and which it is necessary to suppress by a perfect saphenous arch ligation. He has done this successfully in 358 cases.