Supplement of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Endovenous Thermal Ablation for Varicose Veins: Overuse for the Inappropriate Indication

While endovenous thermal ablation (ETA) become first choice of treatment for varicose veins, overuse of ETA for the inappropriate indication is growing problem. ETA is performed not only on varicose cases without symptom but also non diseased cases with segmental reflux of saphenous veins or no refl...

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Autores principales: Mo, Makoto, Hirokawa, Masayuki, Satokawa, Hirono, Yasugi, Takumi, Yamaki, Takashi, Ito, Takaaki, Onozawa, Shiro, Kobata, Takashi, Shirasugi, Nozomu, Shokoku, Shintaro, Sugano, Norihide, Sugiyama, Satoru, Hoshina, Katsuyuki, on behalf of Guideline Committee, Japanese Society of Phlebology, Ogawa, Tomohiro, on behalf of Japanese Commitee of Endovenous Treatment for Varicose Veins
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese College of Angiology / The Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery / Japanese Society of Phlebology 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8752913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35082936
http://dx.doi.org/10.3400/avd.ra.21-00006
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Sumario:While endovenous thermal ablation (ETA) become first choice of treatment for varicose veins, overuse of ETA for the inappropriate indication is growing problem. ETA is performed not only on varicose cases without symptom but also non diseased cases with segmental reflux of saphenous veins or no reflux. Indications of ETA was demonstrated in “the Clinical Practice Guidelines for ETA for Varicose Veins 2019” by Japanese Society of Phlebology. Purpose of this supplement is description of basics of correct indication for ETA. We also demonstrate the typical case of overuse of ETA for wrong indication. (This is a translation of Jpn J Phlebol 2020; 31: 39–43.)

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