Randomized trial comparing cyanoacrylate embolization and radiofrequency ablation for incompetent great saphenous veins (VeClose)

• Published in: Journal of vascular surgery Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 985 - 994
• Main Authors: Morrison, Nick, Gibson, Kathleen, McEnroe, Scott, Goldman, Mitchel, King, Ted, Weiss, Robert, Cher, Daniel, Jones, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Catheter Ablation - adverse effects; Chronic Disease; Cyanoacrylates - adverse effects; Cyanoacrylates - therapeutic use; Ecchymosis - etiology; Embolization, Therapeutic - adverse effects; Embolization, Therapeutic - methods; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Saphenous Vein - diagnostic imaging; Saphenous Vein - surgery; Surgery; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; United States; Venous Insufficiency - diagnosis; Venous Insufficiency - surgery; Venous Insufficiency - therapy

Whereas thermal ablation of incompetent saphenous veins is highly effective, all heat-based ablation techniques require the use of perivenous subfascial tumescent anesthesia, involving multiple needle punctures along the course of the target vein. Preliminary evidence suggests that cyanoacrylate emb...