Catheter-directed foam sclerotherapy of great saphenous veins in combination with pre-treatment reduction of the diameter employing the principals of perivenous tumescent local anesthesia

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-195

  Devereux, N ^a   Recke, A L ^a   Westermann, L ^b   Recke, A ^a   Kahle, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Dermatological Practise   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter directed sclerotherapy; Foam sclerotherapy; Tumescence; Varicose veins; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

EASYFOAM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; POLIDOCANOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CATHETER DIRECTED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN OCCLUSION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; KNEE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASOSPASM; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN OCCLUSION; VERY ELDERLY;

CATHETER-DIRECTED SCLEROTHERAPY; FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; TUMESCENCE; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893046419     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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