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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

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