High ligation of sapheno-femoral junction and thermal ablation for lower limb primary varicosity in day hospital setting
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Izzo Luciano, Pugliese Federico, Pieretti Gorizio, Izzo Sara, Izzo Paolo, Florio Gaetano, Del Papa Mauro, Messineo Daniela
ISSN: 2239-253X
High ligation of sapheno-femoral junction and thermal ablation for lower limb primary varicosity in day hospital setting AIM: The traditional surgical treatment for lower limb primary varicosity has been for a long time high ligation of sapheno-femoral junction and stripping of great saphenous vein. Surgery, however, has been frustrated by postoperative pains and discomfort and recurrences so that it has been challenged by minimally invasive endovenous techniques such as laser treatment and radiofrequency ablation. The aim of the article is to assess the feasibility, in a day hospital setting, of a combined approach to greater saphenous vein reflux: high ligation of sapheno-femoral junction and thermal treatment of the great sapenous vein.