Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose-vein operations.采取了将所有等待进行静脉曲张手术的病人从名单上删除的简单做法，这一权宜之计使得外科手术等待名单得以缩减。Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations.采取了将所有等待进行静脉曲张手术的病人从名单上删除的简单做法，这一权宜之计使得外科手术等待名单得以缩减。