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SUBMITTER: Proebstle TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4328454 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proebstle T M TM Alm B J BJ Göckeritz O O Wenzel C C Noppeney T T Lebard C C Sessa C C Creton D D Pichot O O
The British journal of surgery 20150201 3
<h4>Background</h4>This was a prospective study of radiofrequency segmental thermal ablation (RFA) for the treatment of incompetent varicose great saphenous veins (GSVs). The present report describes long-term follow-up at 5 years.<h4>Methods</h4>The 5-year follow-up of this multicentre European study included assessment of the Venous Clinical Severity Score (VCSS), and GSV occlusion and reflux on duplex imaging.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 225 patients had 295 GSVs treated by RFA, achieving an in ...[more]