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Microcautery for the Treatment of Spider Leg Veins

Microcautery Evaluation for Treatment of Leg Spiders

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04072172
Enrollment
20
Registered
2019-08-28
Start date
2019-09-01
Completion date
2020-10-31
Last updated
2019-09-11

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Conditions

Microcautery for Leg Veins

Brief summary

To Evaluate the role of micro-cauterization use in the treatment and disappearance of spider leg veins.

Detailed description

Spider veins on the lower limbs are very common and have been reported to be presented in 41% of women over 50 years old. Sclerotherapy as a traditional treatment for spider veins has a low cost, though it may have adverse sequelae. Lasers have shown fewer but still substantial complications as well.1 Spider veins are small superficial veins that widen and become visible, often on the legs and most cutaneous spider veins are abnormalities of the horizontal vascular skin plexus or capillary loops.2 Spider leg veins are composed of a feeder vessel and ectatic venous sprouts in the reticular dermis. Their depth is between 180 µm and 1 mm in the skin.3 Spider veins may have a diameter that reaches several millimetres and can be blue, purple or red and may appear in the form of thin lines, webs or branches.4 There is a scarce available data from literature about the role of micro-cauterization in the treatment of spider veins. The micro-cauterization is an alternative in management of spider veins that delivered via Mole Freckle Pen German Technology.4 Cautery is a safe and effective tool for the treatment of superficial and small skin lesions. It is simple, cheap, and requires minimal training and the results are usually satisfactory Technology Specifications with insulated micro steel needle use current: 5V / 1A of 5-speed free adjustment.5 The current study aims to evaluate the role for micro-cauterization in the treatment and disappearance of spider leg veins.

Interventions

DEVICEMole Freckle Pen

Insulated micro steel needle use current: 5V / 1A of 5-speed free adjustment.5

Sponsors

Assiut University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* were patients with spider veins of less than 2.0 mm in diameter.

Exclusion criteria

* were patients with diabetes, anticoagulation therapy and/or patients with a known history of keloids

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Short term results after 3 weeks.3 weeksCompare between the shape of spider leg veins pre and post the cauterization session depending on standard Oriented photos taken pre and post.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Long term results after 3 months.3 monthsStudy, monitor and evaluate the long term results of the cautery session after 3 months and if there is any reappearance of the spider veins with a standard Oriented photos taken.

Contacts

Primary ContactDoaa M. Selim, Resident
Doaamselim@gmail.com00201009882011
Backup ContactMohie Selim
Mohieselim2@yahoo.com00966554716616

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026