Sclerotherapy is a safe method of treatment of chronic venous disorders in older patients: A prospective and comparative study of consecutive patients

• Published in: Phlebology Vol. 32; no. 4; p. 234
• Main Authors: Gillet, Jean-Luc, Desnos, Claudine H, Lausecker, Michel, Daniel, Christian, Guex, Jean-Jerome, Allaert, François-André
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.05.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anticoagulants - administration & dosage; Chronic Disease; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - administration & dosage; Prospective Studies; Sclerotherapy; Varicose Veins - therapy; Venous Thrombosis - therapy; older patients; echo-sclerotherapy; Foam sclerotherapy; sclerotherapy; varicose veins

Objectives An aging population requires evaluation of methods of treatment for older patients. Our objective was to evaluate the indications, practical modalities, safety and tolerability of sclerotherapy in patients 75 years of age and older (group 1) and compare with a control group of patients 18...