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                                                                                                                                   Favorable long-term results of

                                                                                                                                   endovenous laser ablation of great and


                                                                                                                                   small saphenous vein incompetence
                                                                                                                                   with a 1470-nm laser and radial fi ber



                                                                                                                                   PATRIZIA PAVEI, M.D.; GIORGIO SPREAFICO, M.D.; ENRICO BERNARDI,
                                                                                                                                   M.D., PH.D.; ENZO GIRALDI, M.D.; MAURIZIO FERRINI, M.D.





                                                                                                                                   Abstract                                           associations between the study outcomes and variables
                                                                                                                                                                                      by multiple logistic regression techniques.
                                                                                                                                   Objective:
                                                                                                                                   Scarce information is available on the long-term results   Results:
                                                                                                                                   of endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) for great saphenous   Some 10 years after EVLA, we performed a single clinical
                                                                                                                                   vein (GSV) or small saphenous vein (SSV) insuffi  ciency.   and ECD evaluation in 203 patients. Only one recanaliza-
                                                                                                                                   We sought to provide data on the status of patients at   tion (0.5%; 95% confi dence interval, 0.0-2.7) of the tre-
                                                                                                                                   least 9 years after EVLA.                          ated GSV trunk was observed in an otherwise asympto-
            abstracts                                                                                                              Methods:                                           matic patient. Up to 98% of patients were asymptomatic
                                                                                                                                                                                      or signifi cantly improved after EVLA. Additional subse-
                                                                                                                                   In 2018, we undertook a cross-sectional survey of ambu-
                                                                                                                                                                                      quent treatments occurred in 21% of patients with GSV
                                                                                                                                   latory patients who had undergone EVLA in our tertiary   insuffi  ciency and 5% of patients with SSV insuffi  ciency.
                                                                                                                                   care center in 2008-2009. Of 240 eligible patients, 5 died   Three complications were observed, two in the GSV group
                                                                                                                                   of causes not related to EVLA, 20 refused to participate,   (varicophlebitis, saphenous nerve damage) and one (vari-
                                                                                                                                   and 12 were lost to follow-up. Thus, 203 patients were re-  cophlebitis) in the SSV group. The mean C class of CEAP
                                                                                                                                   evaluated; of them, 161 (79%) had GSV insuffi  ciency and   and the mean VCSS were signifi cantly lower at the end of
                                                                                                                                   42 (21%) had SSV insuffi  ciency. The mean follow-up was   follow-up, both in patients with GSV insuffi  ciency (C class,
                                                                                                                                   114 months (standard deviation, 11 months). All included   3.2 vs 1.5 [P = .00001]; VCSS, 6.3 vs 1.6 [P = .001]) and
                                                                                                                                   patients underwent an echocardiography-color Doppler   in patients with SSV insuffi  ciency (C class, 2.9 vs 1.1 [P =
                                                                                                                                   (ECD) evaluation, a clinical visit, and a standardized me-  .00001]; VCSS, 5.4 vs 0.7 [P = .001]). Only the maximum
                                                                                                                                   dical history. We assessed the competence of the junc-  diameter of the GSV at the junction independently corre-
                                                                                                                                   tion and of the treated and untreated saphenous trunk   lated with ECD-confi rmed refl ux in the treated saphenous
                                                                                                                                   and the presence of recurrent varicose veins. The trunk   trunk or in the anterior accessory saphenous vein (odds
                                                                                                                                   was considered ablated if it was nonvisible on B-mode or,   ratio, 1.10; 95% confi dence interval, 1.01-1.21).
                                                                                                                                   when visible, if it was noncompressible or without fl ow
                                                                                                                                   or refl ux on color fl ow Doppler analysis. Any recurrent va-  Conclusions:
                                                                                                                                   ricose vein with the leakage point located in the treated   EVLA using a 1470-nm diode laser with radial fi bers pro-
                                                                                                                                   saphenous vein was considered a failure. We asked pa-  vides stable and valuable long-term results in patients
                                                                                                                                   tients about the eff ect of EVLA on their preoperative com-  with either GSV or SSV insuffi  ciency.
                                                                                                                                   plaints and about any new or recurrent symptoms. We
                                                                                                                                   also recorded any complication or additional subsequent   Copyright © 2020 Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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                                                                                                                                   treatment and all data necessary to calculate the clini-
                                                                                                                                   cal class (C of the Clinical, Etiology, Anatomy, and Patho-  Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders,
                                                                                                                                                                                      Available online 27 June 2020
                                                                                                                                   physiology [CEAP] classifi cation) and the Venous Clinical   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.06.015
                                                                                                                                   Severity Score (VCSS). Finally, we investigated potential




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