Diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency of lower extremities

Chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities (CVI) is of great social and economic importance in society due to the high prevalence, duration of treatment and loss of working capacity. One of the main reasons for its formation is varicose veins. The frequency of varicose veins is 25-33% among women and 10-20% among men [4, 11]. Diagnosis and treatment of the disease in the early stages, before the addition of trophic disorders that require long-term treatment and significant costs, are important. So, in the UK, about six hundred million pounds sterling is spent annually on the treatment of venous ulcers, and in the USA - more than a billion dollars. Currently, in European countries, there has been a tendency to reduce the frequency of common forms of the disease due to the introduction of a program for early diagnosis of the disease [18, 20]