A multi-institutional review of endovenous thermal ablation of the saphenous vein finds male sex and use of anticoagulation are predictors of long-term failure.
Erben Y, Vasquez I, Li Y, Gloviczki P, Kalra M, Oderich G, De Martino RR, Bjarnason H, Neisen MJ, Moore JF, Da Rocha-Franco JA, Sanchez-Valenzuela MC, Frey G, Toskich B, Devcic Z, Farres H, Oldenburg WA, Gomez-Perez J, Yarbrough JR, Adalia M, Stone W, Meltzer AJ, Hakaim AG.
Erben Y, et al.
Phlebology. 2021 May;36(4):283-289. doi: 10.1177/0268355520972923. Epub 2020 Nov 11.
Phlebology. 2021.
PMID: 33176592
Review.
RESULTS: 542 limbs were evaluated. 358 limbs had radiofrequency and 323 limbs had laser ablations; 542 great saphenous veins (GSV), 106 small saphenous veins (SSV) and 33 anterior accessory saphenous veins (AASV) were treated. Follow-up was 5.6 2.3 years; 5 …
RESULTS: 542 limbs were evaluated. 358 limbs had radiofrequency and 323 limbs had laser ablations; 542 great saphenous veins (GSV), 106 smal …