CHIVA strategy in chronic venous disease treatment: instructions for users

S Gianesini; S Occhionorelli; E Menegatti; M Zuolo; M Tessari; P Spath; S Ascanelli; P Zamboni

doi:10.1177/0268355514531953

CHIVA strategy in chronic venous disease treatment: instructions for users

Phlebology. 2015 Apr;30(3):157-71. doi: 10.1177/0268355514531953. Epub 2014 Apr 22.

Authors

S Gianesini¹, S Occhionorelli², E Menegatti², M Zuolo², M Tessari², P Spath², S Ascanelli², P Zamboni²

Affiliations

¹ Vascular Disease Center, University of Ferrara, Italy sergiogianesini@hotmail.com.
² Vascular Disease Center, University of Ferrara, Italy.

PMID: 24755924
DOI: 10.1177/0268355514531953

Abstract

Along the years, scientific clinical data have been collected concerning the possible saphenous flow restoration without any ablation and according with the CHIVA strategy. Moreover, in 2013 a Cochrane review highlighted the smaller recurrence risk following a CHIVA strategy rather than a saphenous stripping. Nevertheless, the saphenous sparing strategy surely remains a not-so-worldwide-spread and accepted therapeutic option, also because considered not so immediate and easy to perform. Aim of this paper is to provide an easily accessible guide to an everyday use of a saphenous sparing strategy for chronic venous disease, highlighting how even apparently too complicated reflux patterns classifications can be fastly and successfully managed and exploited for a hemodynamic correction.

Keywords: CHIVA; Doppler ultrasound; chronic venous disease; great saphenous vein; vascular surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Humans
Patient Education as Topic / methods*
Saphenous Vein / physiopathology*
Venous Insufficiency* / diagnosis
Venous Insufficiency* / physiopathology
Venous Insufficiency* / therapy