A comparison between cryosurgery and conventional stripping in varicose vein surgery: Perioperative features and complications

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-311

  Schouten, Ruben ^a   Mollen, Roland M ^b   Kuijpers, Han C ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN STRIPPING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33745193751     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9051-x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. De Roos KP, Neumann HAM. Varicose veins; diagnosis and treatment In: Roos, KPDe, Ambulatory Phlebectomy, Proefschrift. Maastricht: Universitaire Pers, 2003.
2. Sarin S, Scurr JH, Coleridge Smith PD. Assessment of stripping the long saphenous vein in the treatment of primary varicose veins. Br J Surg 1992;79:889-893.
3. Dwerryhouse S, Davies B, Harradine K, et al. Stripping the long saphenous vein reduces the rate of reoperation for recurrent varicose veins: five-year results of a randomized trial. J Vasc Surg 1999;29:589-592.
4. Holme K, Matzen M, Bomberg AJ, et al. Partial or total stripping of the great saphenous vein. 5-year recurrence frequency and 3-year frequency of neural complications after partial and total stripping of the great saphenous vein. Ugeskr Laeger 1996;158:405-408.
5. McMullin GM, Coleridge Smith PD, Scurr JH. Objective assessment of high ligation without stripping of the long saphenous vein. Br J Surg 1991;78:1139-1142.
6. Forscher A, Schippert W, Rassner G, et al. Stripping operations of the parva and magna saphenous vein. Long term study in relation to pre- and postoperative dysfunction. Hautarzt 2001;52:797-802.
7. Campbell WB, Vijay Kumar A, Collin TW, et al. The outcome of varicose vein surgery at 10 years: clinical findings, symptoms and patient satisfaction. Ann R Coll Surg 2003;85:52-57.
8. Noppeney T, Noppeney J, Kurth I. Results of standard varicose vein surgery. Zentralbl Chir 2002;127:748-751.
9. Keeman JN. Varicosis: toch liever chirurgische verwijdering van de vena saphena magna. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1996;140:2492-2494.
10. Beuninger H. Cryostripping of the long saphenous vein with a percutaneously guided probe. Dermatol. Surg. 2001;27:545-548.
11. Le Pivert P. Controlled cryosurgery of varices of the lower extremities. Phlebologie 1987;40:123-148.
12. Etienne G, Constantin JM, Hevia M. Cryosurgery for varicose veins: a series of 3811 limbs. Presse Med 1995;24:1017-1020.
13. Cheatle TR, Kayombo B, Perrin M. Cryostripping of the long and short saphenous vein. Br J Surg 1993;80:1283.
14. Garde C. Cryosurgery of varicose veins. J Dermatol Surg Oncol 1994;20:56-58.
15. Besset JF. Mon experience de la cryochirurgie. Phlebologie 1989;42:579-583.
16. Milleret R. Mon experience de la cryosurgery des varices. Phlebologie 1989;42:573-577.
17. Vizsy L, Beznica H, Batorfi J. Cryosurgery and endoscopy in the treatment of varicose veins. Magy Seb 2002;55:68-71.
18. Vizsy L, Kelemen O, Batorfi J. The cryovaricectomy (demonstration of a new method). Acta Chir Hung 1997;36:389-390.
19. Milleret R, Le Pivert P. Cryosclerosis of the saphenous veins in varicose reflux in the obese and elderly. Phlebologie 1981;34:601-605.
20. Bradbury A, Evans CJ, Allan P, et al. The relationship between lower limb symptoms and superficial and deep venous reflux on duplex ultrasonography: the Edinburgh Vein Study. J Vasc Surg 2000;32:921-931.
21. Bradbury A, Evans C, Allan P, et al. What are the symptoms of varicose veins? Edinburgh Vein Study cross sectional population study. BMJ 1999;318:353-356.
22. London NJM, Nash R. ABC of arterial and venous disease: varicose veins. BMJ 2000;320:1391-1395.
23. Schouten R, Kuijpers HJC, Mollen RMHG, et al. Varicositas: van definitie tot en met behandeling. Mod Med 2005;2:89-92.
24. Goris RJ, van Dongen LM, Deleu HWO, et al. Low dose subcutaneous heparin and wound hematoma formation in inguinal hernia operations - a double-blind randomized clinical trial. Neth J Surg 1981;33:19-22.
25. Chapman CR, Syrjala KL. Measurement of pain. In: Bonica's Management of Pain, Chap. 15. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkens 2001; p 310-326.
26. Critchley G, Handa A, Maw A, et al. Complications of varicose vein surgery. Ann R Coll Surg 1997;79:105-110.
27. O'Regan DJ, Borland JA, Chester AH, Pennell DJ, Yacoub M, Pepper JR. Assessment of human long saphenous vein function with minimally invasive harvesting with the Mayo stripper. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1997;12:428-435.
28. Fischer R. Technique of inverted stripping in varicose vein surgery [in German]. Vasa 1993;22:316-319.
29. Van Ooijen B. Subcutaneous heparin and postoperative wound hematoma: a prospective double-blind randomized study. Arch Surg 1986;121:937-940.
30. Khan B, Khan S, Greany MG, Blair SD. Prospective randomized trial comparing sequential avulsion with stripping of the long saphenous vein. Br J Surg 1996;83:1559-1562.
31. Lacroix H, Nevelsteen A, Suy R. Invaginated versus classic stripping of the long saphenous vein. A randomized prospective study. Acta Chir Belg 1999;99:22-25.