What is it about?
Great Saphenous Vein ligation at 2-3 cms from the Junction by simple echo-guided hook extraction of the vein just below the groin. The distal stump is cannulated and injected with 3% polydocanol foam. At 12 months complete closure of the GSV stem is present in all patients exept one..
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Why is it important?
Simple office method, low cost, very effective.
Perspectives
The destiny of the GSV stum left should be explored in longer follow up
Professor Stefano Ricci
Campus Biomedico Univ.
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This page is a summary of: Foam sclerotherapy of the great saphenous vein in association with pre-terminal saphenous junction ligation/division as an office-based procedure: 12-Month results, Phlebology The Journal of Venous Disease, April 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0268355517702818.
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