Endovenous laser ablation (980 nm) of the small saphenous vein in a series of 147 limbs with a 3-year follow-up.

Aim: This study aims to demonstrate the treatment outcomes of endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) of incompetent small saphenous veins (SSVs) with a 980-nm diode laser.

Materials And Methods: Between 1 June 2003 and 30 June 2006, 128 patients (147 limbs) with varicose veins and reflux in the SSV on duplex ultrasound (US) examination were treated with a 980-nm diode laser under US guidance. EVLA was performed using pulsed mode with a power of 10W.

Serum lipid changes following laser lipolysis.

Background: Laser lipolysis allows the removal of small volumes of fat with concurrent sub-dermal tissue contraction. However, the physiologic consequences of this procedure are not well documented. The possible effects on serum lipids are not well established.

Endovenous 980-nm laser treatment of saphenous veins in a series of 500 patients.

Background: In recent years, endovenous laser treatment (ELT) has been proposed to treat incompetent great saphenous veins (GSV). This study reports the long-term outcome of ELT in a series of 500 patients.

Methods: Incompetent GSV segments in 500 patients (436 women, 64 men) with a mean age of 52.

[Follow-up study, using dynamic transcutaneous oximetry in 17 patients with stage II Leriche and Fontaine occlusive arterial disease of the lower limbs].

We evaluated the value of dynamic transcutaneous oxygen pressure measurement (TcPO2) in 17 patients with stage II occlusive arterial disease of the lower limbs treated with exercise only. We studied 17 patients (15 men, two women) with an average age of 63 years (range 39-80 years). Claudication perimeter and dynamic TcPO2 were evaluated before and after 6 month walking exercise and tabac stopping.

[Study of static transcutaneous oximetry before amputation in patients with arteritis].

Transcutaneous oximetry has been used to define the level of amputation in arteritic patients, with discrepant results. We have studied preoperative statix oximetry in 33 arteritic patients at the Leriche-Fontaine Stage IV, who underwent 36 amputations (thighs = 6, Legs+Symes = 14, transmetatarsal = 7, toes = 9). Oximetry included the measurement, at the level of amputation, of the transcutaneous partial oxygen pressure (tc pO2), of the tissue oxygenation ratio (TOR), preferably with a precordial electrode, of the tc pO2 gain after oxygen inhalation and of the gain ratio with the reference electrode.

[Value of transcutaneous staged dynamic oximetry of stage II arteritis of the leg].

The clinical and prognostic value of transcutaneous oxygen pressure measurements at rest has been established in Leriche Stage III and IV occlusive peripheral arterial disease but is controversial in Stage II because there is an overlap of transcutaneous pO2 (Tc pO2) values with those of normal subjects. The authors report the results of Tc pO2 measurements during exercise testing in a group of patients with Stage II occlusive arterial disease of the lower limbs. Seventy-eight patients with an average age of 53 years (range 40 to 65 years) whose claudication perimeter and site of pain had been carefully assessed and who had also recently undergone Doppler arterial examination and arteriography and 35 control subjects with an average age of 54 years (range 45 to 70 years) were studied.