What Treatment for Varicose Veins?

This century has seen the introduction of several innovative developments in the treatment of varicose veins. No longer are we restricted to conventional sclerotherapy or surgery (saphenofemoral or saphenopopliteal disconnection, with or without stripping of the refluxing truncal vein, and multiple...

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Main Author: Murie, John
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Published: Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2014
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spelling ukm-83312016-12-14T06:46:56Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8331/ What Treatment for Varicose Veins? Murie, John R Medicine (General) This century has seen the introduction of several innovative developments in the treatment of varicose veins. No longer are we restricted to conventional sclerotherapy or surgery (saphenofemoral or saphenopopliteal disconnection, with or without stripping of the refluxing truncal vein, and multiple phlebectomies) – although the latter procedure is still the most popular form of management world-wide and is the standard against which newer methods must be judged. Today, we can offer foam sclerotherapy under duplex scan guidance and endothermal ablation (by radiofrequency or laser catheter). Still newer methods, based on glue injection and steam ablation, are being advocated. Ignoring – for now – the super-modern, what is the status of those new methods that have already gained considerable traction in day-to-day surgical practice: foam sclerotherapy, radiofrequency ablation and laser ablation? Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2014-06-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8331/1/01-Editorial_%281-2%29.pdf Murie, John (2014) What Treatment for Varicose Veins? Journal of Surgical Academia, 4 (2). pp. 1-2. ISSN 2231-7481
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What Treatment for Varicose Veins?
description This century has seen the introduction of several innovative developments in the treatment of varicose veins. No longer are we restricted to conventional sclerotherapy or surgery (saphenofemoral or saphenopopliteal disconnection, with or without stripping of the refluxing truncal vein, and multiple phlebectomies) – although the latter procedure is still the most popular form of management world-wide and is the standard against which newer methods must be judged. Today, we can offer foam sclerotherapy under duplex scan guidance and endothermal ablation (by radiofrequency or laser catheter). Still newer methods, based on glue injection and steam ablation, are being advocated. Ignoring – for now – the super-modern, what is the status of those new methods that have already gained considerable traction in day-to-day surgical practice: foam sclerotherapy, radiofrequency ablation and laser ablation?
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title What Treatment for Varicose Veins?
title_short What Treatment for Varicose Veins?
title_full What Treatment for Varicose Veins?
title_fullStr What Treatment for Varicose Veins?
title_full_unstemmed What Treatment for Varicose Veins?
title_sort what treatment for varicose veins?
publisher Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre
publishDate 2014
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8331/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8331/1/01-Editorial_%281-2%29.pdf
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