Update on Varicose Veins Recurrence and its management

Update on Varicose Veins Recurrence and its management

Pittaluga, P.; Maeseneer, M.; Chastanet, S.

Resumo:

Recurrence of varicose veins after treatment has always been a very disappointing phenomenon for patients and surgeons alike. Up to the beginning of the 21st century, treatment of recurrent varicose veins varied between a minimally invasive treatment (mainly liquid sclerotherapy) and a maximally invasive re-intervention, including re-exploration of the groin or popliteal fossa and removal of all recurrent varicose veins. Although the majority of these patients belong to the C2-C3 clinical class of the CEAP classification, more advanced stages of chronic venous insufficiency (C4-C6) have been registered in 29 % of patients presenting with recurrent varicose veins after surgery.1 After 5 years clinical recurrence was seen at thigh level in 20 % of 50 limbs after primary versus 42 % of 50 limbs after redo surgery.5

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DOI: 10.5151/medpro-flebo-SIF_52

Como citar:

Pittaluga, P.; Maeseneer, M.; Chastanet, S.; "Update on Varicose Veins Recurrence and its management", p-79-80. In: In Anais do V Simpósio Internacional de Flebologia [=Blucher Medical Proceedings, n.1, v.1]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23577282, DOI 10.5151/medpro-flebo-SIF_52