Varicose-veins: What would you tell the patient about proposed surgery?

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1. Varicose-veins: What would you tell the patient about proposed surgery?

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An abdominoperineal resection, performed for a a very low rectal cancer, resulting in a permanent end colostomy after complete excision of the anus and rectum.
Normally completed as a day case need to wear tight stocking for 4 weeks. No driving for 1 week. Does not alter skin changes, may not improve symptoms, 20% recurrence rate in 5 years
Inhibit cyclooxygenase 1 (expressed in most tissues, mainly house keeping function) + cyclooxygenase 2 (induced at sights of inflammation) in the arichdonic acid pathway, decreasing prostoglandin synthesis (pgi2, pge2, txa etc) some nsaids also reduce leukitrine synthesis such as diclofenac most reversibly inhibit but aspirin irreversibly inhibits. Most are non-selective but celecoxib is cox-2 selective.

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