Varicose Veins
Conditions
Brief summary
Varicose veins are one of the most common diseases worldwide it constitutes a progressive disease which during its course it produces complications that usually prompt the patient to seek medical care. Epidemiological studies of the incidence and prevalence of varicose veins found that the majority of adults would develop it over the course of their lifetime; women were found to be four times likely as men to develop it, the incidence of varicose vein occurrence increases with age. Varicose veins are defined as tortuous dilated veins after or associated with incompetent valves.
Interventions
PROCEDUREstripping of great saphenous vein
I will make 2 or 3 small cuts in your leg. The cuts are near the top, middle, and bottom of your damaged vein. One is in your groin. The other will be farther down your leg, either in your calf or ankle. I will then thread a thin, flexible plastic wire into the vein through your groin and guide the wire through the vein toward the other cut farther down your leg. The wire is then tied to the vein and pulled out through the lower cut, which pulls the vein out with it. I will close the cuts with stitches. Patient will wear bandages and compression stockings on leg after the procedure.
Sponsors
Sohag University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Inclusion criteria: -. • Adult patients with primary non complicated varicose veins which match the criteria suitable for the procedure
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with tortuous GSV that could not allow passage of the sheath, laser fiber, non-palpable distal pulsation. * inability to ambulate, patients with previous history of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pregnant women were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| success rate | one year | Treatment success was defined as symptomatic improvement as well as decrease in vein diameter,echogenic thickening of vein wall and no flow within the occluded lumen by duplex examination Improvement of symptoms in the treated limb |
| complication | one year | * recurrence and recanalization of the treated vein. * hyperpigmentation * recurrence and recanalization of the treated vein. * ecchymosis, paresthesia, hematoma, erythema and phlebitis. |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary Contactkareem d Ahmed, resident
Backup Contactosama a abdalrahiem, professor
Outcome results
None listed