PURPOSE To report long-term follow-up results of endovenous laser treatment for great saphenous vein (GSV) reflux caused by saphenofemoral junction (SFJ) incompetence. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four hundred ninety-nine GSVs in 423 subjects with varicose veins were treated over a 3-year period with 810-nm diode laser energy delivered percutaneously into the GSV via a 600- micro m fiber. Tumescent ...

PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of endovenous laser therapy (EVLT) in the treatment of lower-limb venous ulcers secondary to venous reflux. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-four of 139 patients referred for EVLT from January 2004 to August 2007 had nonhealing venous ulcers. Preprocedural duplex ultrasound (US) was performed to document saphenous venous reflux secondary to saphenofemoral/saphenopopl...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term efficacy, safety and rate of recurrence for varicose veins associated with great saphenous vein (GSV) reflux treated with ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS). METHODS A five-year prospective study was performed, recording the effect on the GSV and saphenofemoral junction (SFJ) diameters, and reflux in the superficial ...

Objective: Prospective, randomized comparison of short-term and one-year postoperative outcomes after radiofrequency endoluminal ablation (REA) of the great saphenous vein (GSV), saphenofemoral junction (SFJ) ligation with extended tributary ligation and invagination GSV stripping, and SFJ ligation with extended tributary ligation and GSV cryostripping. Methods: In all, 60 consenting patients w...

Objectives * Varithena 017 Investigator Group: Michael Vasquez, MD, Venous Institute of Buffalo, Amherst, NY; Antonios Gasparis, MD, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY; Kathleen Gibson, MD, Lake Washington Vascular, Bellevue, WA; James Theodore King, MD, Vein Clinics of America, Oakbrook Terrace, IL; Nick Morrison, MD, Morrison Vein Institute, Scottsdale, AZ; Girish Munavall...

BACKGROUND The efficacy and safety of anticoagulant treatment for patients with acute, symptomatic superficial-vein thrombosis in the legs, but without concomitant deep-vein thrombosis or symptomatic pulmonary embolism at presentation, have not been established. METHODS In a randomized, double-blind trial, we assigned 3002 patients to receive either fondaparinux, administered subcutaneously a...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to compare efficacy, early postoperative morbidity and patient comfort of two laser wavelengths and fibre types in treatment of great saphenous vein (GSV) incompetence resulting in varicosities of the lower limb. DESIGN Prospective randomised clinical trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty patients (106 limbs) were randomised into two groups. They were treate...

Sulmonellu organisms occur worldwide and are responsible for a broad spectrum of clinical syndromes, including self-limited gastroenteritis, bacteremia and vascular infection, enteric fever, and metastatic focal infections, although infection may be asymptomatic.’ Here we report a case of subcutaneous abscess caused by multiresistant Salmonella senftenberg. A 62-year-old obese female presented ...

OBJECTIVE To identify independent predictors of 30-day venous thromboembolism (VTE) events requiring treatment after outpatient surgery. BACKGROUND An increasing proportion of surgical procedures are performed in the outpatient setting. The incidence of VTE requiring treatment after outpatient surgery is unknown. METHODS Prospective observational cohort study using the American College of S...