| Title: |
Successful reduction of clinical relevant neovascularization with a modified crossectomy combined with a barrier technique after 10-year follow-up |
| Authors: |
Schnyder, S; Gabler, S; Meier, T O; Thalhammer, C; Magnetti, F; Spring, S; Amann-Vesti, B R |
| Source: |
Schnyder, S; Gabler, S; Meier, T O; Thalhammer, C; Magnetti, F; Spring, S; Amann-Vesti, B R (2012). Successful reduction of clinical relevant neovascularization with a modified crossectomy combined with a barrier technique after 10-year follow-up. Phlebology, 28(8):404-408. |
| Publisher Information: |
Royal Society of Medicine Press |
| Publication Year: |
2012 |
| Collection: |
University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive |
| Subject Terms: |
Clinic for Angiology; 610 Medicine & health |
| Description: |
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the long-term results of stripping the insufficient great saphenous vein (GSV) with stump coagulation, closure of the cribriform fascia and some additional measures, which will be described in detail. METHODS: Patients treated from 1998 to 1999 for varicose veins had been invited in 2009 for follow-up colour-coded duplex sonography and had been asked to answer a quality-of-life questionnaire. In 2009, the examinations for the study were conducted at a clinic of angiology by an independent and experienced sonographer. RESULTS: From a total of 165 patients, 91 (136 limbs) had been willing to participate in the study. Duplex ultrasound after a mean follow-up of 10.7 years revealed only clinically non-relevant (∅ < 0.3 cm) neovascularizations in 1.5% of all treated legs. No clinical relevant varicosities from the groin had developed. CONCLUSION: The crossectomy combined with stump coagulation and suture of the fossa ovalis, completed with some additional measures, is a successful method to reduce neovascularization and recurrent varicosities, even for redo-crossectomies, without increasing the risk of perioperative complications. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0268-3555 |
| Relation: |
https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/59175/1/PHLEB-11-065_proof.pdf; info:pmid/22302829; urn:issn:0268-3555 |
| DOI: |
10.1258/phleb.2011.011065 |
| Availability: |
https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/59175/; https://doi.org/10.1258/phleb.2011.011065 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.6F82E63D |
| Database: |
BASE |