Failure of Angioscopically Guided Sclerotherapy to Permanently Obliterate Greater Saphenous Varicosity
| Autor: | K. Biegeleisen, R. D. Nielsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Ultrasound Reflux Greater saphenous vein Angioscopy Single group General Medicine Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Varicose veins medicine Sclerotherapy medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Vein business |
| Zdroj: | Phlebology: The Journal of Venous Disease. 9:21-24 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1125 0268-3555 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/026835559400900107 |
| Popis: | Objective: To assess the long-term outcome of sclerotherapy. Design: Single group study of patients with incompetence of the long saphenous vein. Setting: All treatments were performed in a private office setting. Patients: Sixteen patients with untreated varicosities limited to the greater saphenous vein, which was 10 mm in diameter at the saphenofemoral junction in all cases. Interventions: Angioscopically guided sclerosis of the long saphenous vein. Main outcome measures: Colour-flow ultrasound was used to establish the presence of residual reflux after angioscopic treatment. Results: Total obliteration of saphenofemoral reflux was obtained in 12 veins with angioscopic sclerotherapy. All veins on which follow-up was available (nine veins in seven patients) had undergone substantial recanalization by 12 months after treatment. Conclusion: Angioscopically controlled sclerotherapy effectively obliterates the saphenophemoral junction. Recanalization of the sclerosed segment of vein occurs invariably within 12 months of treatment. |
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