Diagnostic et traitement des varices des membres inférieurs - KCE
Diagnostic et traitement des varices des membres inférieurs - KCE
Diagnostic et traitement des varices des membres inférieurs - KCE
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16 Varicose Veins <strong>KCE</strong> Reports 164<br />
3.1.2 Quality appraisal of diagnostic studies<br />
Quality appraisal was carried out using the QUADAS tool 38 as discussed in section<br />
2.2.1. Figure 2 shows the range of quality rating per question of the QUADAS tool. The<br />
two studies were judged to have a low risk of bias as they studied patients<br />
representative of usual practice, used an acceptable reference test (duplex ultrasound)<br />
and patients underwent this test regardless of the results of the index test.<br />
Figure 2 Quality appraisal results using QUADAS 38 tool<br />
Blomgren Lee<br />
pts representative of normal practice?<br />
selection criteria defined?<br />
acceptable ref standard?<br />
acceptable delay b<strong>et</strong>ween tests?<br />
partial verification avoided?<br />
differential verification avoided?<br />
ref standard independent of index test?<br />
index test <strong>des</strong>cribed in d<strong>et</strong>ail?<br />
ref standard <strong>des</strong>cribed in d<strong>et</strong>ail?<br />
index tests blinded?<br />
ref test blinded?<br />
relevant clinical information?<br />
uninterpr<strong>et</strong>able results reported?<br />
withdrawals explained?<br />
Key<br />
yes<br />
unclear<br />
no<br />
NA: not applicable<br />
3.2 OVERVIEW OF INCLUDED DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES<br />
The two studies included compared a reference test, duplex ultrasound scan before<br />
varicose vein surgery, with:<br />
• no duplex ultrasound 47 ,<br />
• duplex ultrasound with CT venography 48 .<br />
No studies were found for the diagnostic procedures of preoperative arterial Doppler,<br />
phlebography, magn<strong>et</strong>ic resonance imaging and intravascular ultrasound.<br />
3.3 PRE-OPERATIVE DUPLEX ULTRASOUND COMPARED<br />
WITH NO SCAN<br />
Blomgren (2005) compared duplex with no duplex (clinical examination) and as such<br />
evaluated the clinical outcomes associated with a patient undergoing a duplex scan prior<br />
to varicose vein surgery. Patients (343 legs) were randomised to either duplex imaging<br />
or no duplex before varicose vein surgery and followed up at two months and two<br />
years with a duplex assessment. Duplex imaging conducted before surgery resulted in a<br />
different clinical plan compared with clinical examination in 26.5% of legs. At two years,<br />
two legs had recurrence compared with 14 legs in the in the non-duplex scan group<br />
(p=0.002) 47 .<br />
NA