"sion stockings in chronic venous disease: patient compliance and efficacy. Ann Vasc Surg. 2007;21:790-795. ABSTRACT Data regarding past and present stocking use was collected from 3144 chronic venous disease (CVD) patients who had been under the prior care of primary care physicians or specialists. Only 21% of patients reported using the stockings on a daily basis, 12% used them most days, and 4% used them less often. The remaining 63% did not use the stockings at all or abandoned them after a trial period in the past. Compressive stockings were inapplicable in about a quarter of patients "

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" acute deep vein thrombosis. Due to the development of various forms of special catheter techniques, the rate of successful procedures can be increased and the previous risks connected with systemic fibrinolysis seem to be diminished. Long-term studies will be needed in order to prove that the rate of postthrombotic syndrome can be diminished in comparison with conservative therapy with adequate anticoagulation, mobilization, and compression. Athanasios Giannoukas of the University of Thessaly, Greece, presents a meta-analysis, which is based on four randomized, controlled studies demonstra"

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