[Peculiarities of course of an acute varicose thrombophlebitis in elderly and senile patients and effect of age on tactics of surgical treatment and operative treatment volume].

Examination was conducted in 244 elderly and senile patients (60-89 yrs old), suffering an acute varicosothrombophlebitis (AVTH), of them 240 were operated on. The AVTH course peculiarities were studied up, which influenced the tactics choice and have had determined the indications for surgical intervention performance.