Quality assurance in phlebography of the extremities. German Societies for Angiology and Phlebology and Vascular Surgery

By interdisciplinary cooperation with the German Societies for Angiology, Phlebology and Vascular Surgery, recommendations have been worked out which address the indication of phlebography of the veins of the extremities and which define the quality standards of phlebographic techniques. The specific clinical questions in varicose syndrome acute thrombosis and postthrombotic syndrome have to be answered by employing adequate phlebographic technique, documentation, and description of relevant morphologic and functional findings.

Published by Der Radiologe, 1998. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.

doi.org/10.1007/s001170050395