Mini-invasive foam sclerotherapy-assisted ligation versus surgical flush ligation for incompetent sapheno-popliteal junction treatment

Phlebology. 2019 Oct;34(9):604-610. doi: 10.1177/0268355519833229. Epub 2019 Feb 26.

Authors

Sergio Gianesini^{1

2}, Erica Menegatti¹, Maria Grazia Sibilla¹, Diana Neuhardt³, Elisa Maietti⁴, Mirko Tessari¹, Paolo Zamboni¹

Affiliations

¹ Vascular Diseases Center - Translational Surgery Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
² Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
³ Comprehensive Interventional Care Centers, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁴ Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

PMID: 30808248
DOI: 10.1177/0268355519833229

No abstract available

Keywords: Small saphenous vein; ligation; nerve damage; sapheno-popliteal junction; sclerotherapy.

MeSH terms

Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Ligation*
Male
Middle Aged
Popliteal Vein*
Retrospective Studies
Saphenous Vein
Sclerotherapy*
Varicose Veins*
Venous Insufficiency / therapy*