Phlebology > Volume 23, Number 4 > Pp. 172-177

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Jung, I M Articles by Chung, J K Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Social Bookmarking                      What's this?

Original Articles

Combined endovenous laser treatment and ambulatory phlebectomy for the treatment of saphenous vein incompetence

I M Jung ^* a , S I Min  ^a, S C Heo ^*, Y J Ahn ^*, K-T Hwang ^* and J K Chung ^*

^* Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital; Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: In Mok Jung MD PhD, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, 425 Shindaebang2-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-707, Korea. Email: sb5240{at}paran.com

Objectives: The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) combined with ambulatory phlebectomy (AP) as a single procedure for treating saphenous vein incompetence.

Methods: The study enrolled 148 patients with saphenofemoral or saphenopopliteal junction reflux associated with saphenous vein incompetence and enlarged branch veins. Patients were treated with EVLT (135 great saphenous veins, 41 small saphenous veins) concomitantly with AP as a single procedure. All patients were followed up by clinical assessment and duplex ultrasound at one week and 12 weeks after the procedure.

Results: No postprocedural deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism occurred. Saphenous vein recanalization rate at three months was 5.7%. Residual varicosities were found in 11.4% of the patients at three months after procedure, but only 2.3% of those required subsequent interventions.

Conclusion: Combined EVLT and AP could be a safe and effective treatment modality for the saphenous vein incompetence.

Key Words: endovenous laser treatment • ambulatory phlebectomy • varicose vein

CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?