[Evacuation function of a musculovenous "pump" of the leg in varicose veins of the lower extremities].

The investigation of average time of transport of radionuclide along the venous system of lower extremities was used by the authors to assess the evacuation function of the musculo-venous "pump" of the leg in 10 healthy people and 50 patients with varicose disease of lower extremities. The direct relation between the degree of incompetence of the musculo-venous "pump" and the degree of the varicose disease speaks of its obvious pathogenetical role in the development of venous pathology.