How does radiofrequency ablation of the saphenous system compare with standard high ligation and stripping? The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial with 90 patients in each group.

March 30, 2012 (San Francisco, California) — Although radiofrequency is technically equivalent to lasers for ablation of the incompetent greater saphenous vein, laser ablation caused more pain ...

Endovenous laser ablation and ultrasound ... primary symptomatic varicose veins greater than 3 mm in diameter in one or both legs, and reflux of the great saphenous or small saphenous veins ...

Saphenous-vein ablation rates were analyzed with ... The frequency of completely successful ablation of great saphenous veins was significantly higher among participants who were randomly assigned ...

The great saphenous vein can be impacted by thrombophlebitis ... compression stockings to options like sclerotherapy or thermal ablation to help circulation. In more serious cases, medications ...

4.1 In a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of 117 patients with great or small saphenous vein incompetence treated by mechanochemical ablation or radiofrequency ablation, mean pain scores (measured on ...

A bevy of thermal ablation techniques are being accepted for managing the varicose veins disease including that of the great saphenous vein, thereby expanding the horizon for companies in the ...

Ultrasound confirmed great saphenous vein insufficiency and within four weeks of having the vein sealed with endovenous radiofrequency ablation, the ulcer was healed. Veins are blood vessels that ...

“Because the results of bypass are strongly influenced by the choice of conduit, and the single segment great saphenous vein is judged to be the best conduit for bypass, the patients were placed ...

Great saphenous vein insufficiency is the most common form of venous insufficiency ... Treatment options include endothermal ablation, ultrasound‑guided foam sclerotherapy and surgery (usually ...