Publications by authors named "O Maleti"
Systematic review and meta-analysis of deep venous reflux correction in chronic venous insufficiency.
J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord
November 2023
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the technical feasibility, operative techniques, safety, and efficacy outcomes of procedures aimed at correcting deep venous reflux, in patients with chronic venous insufficiency.
Methods: We performed systematic literature searches in PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science from databases' inception to February 2022. We included systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, and observational studies describing surgical procedures to treat patients with deep reflux due to primary and secondary incompetence, post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS).
Article Synopsis
- Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) was used to analyze costs for treating chronic conditions, specifically comparing venous stenting and standard care (compression ± anticoagulation) for DVT and leg ulcers in Italy.
- The study found that the Incremental Cost Utility Ratio (ICUR) indicated venous stenting is potentially cost-effective, with both hospital and societal perspectives showing costs around EUR 10,270/QALY and EUR 8962/QALY, respectively.
- While venous stenting costs more per patient than what is reimbursed, this study suggests a need for better reimbursement policies to cover actual treatment costs, benefiting both healthcare providers and patients.
Residual volume fraction during walking using wireless air plethysmography in patients with chronic deep venous disease.
J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord
March 2022
Objective: Traditional air plethysmography (APG) provides a quantitative measure of the residual volume fraction (RVF) after 10 tiptoe movements. The recent development of a wireless Bluetooth (Bluetooth SIG, Inc, Kirkland, Wash) APG device, the PicoFlow (Microlab Elettronica, Padua, Italy), enabled us to measure RVF during normal walking. The aim of our study was to compare the RVF obtained during tiptoeing with RVF obtained during normal walking in patients with deep venous pathology (ie, reflux and/or obstruction).
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