The role of inflow disease on patency of venous stents for post-thrombotic syndrome.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the risk of deep femoral vein (DFV) and/or femoral vein (FV) inflow disease on venous stent patency loss in post-thrombotic syndrome.

Methods: This single-center retrospective study included limbs with iliofemoral and ilocaval stents for PTS. Single-vessel and double-vessel inflow disease was defined based on imaging of possible post-thrombotic changes in the DFV/FV.

Quality of Life After Early Clot Removal for Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Objective: To evaluate patient reported outcome measures after early clot removal for acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT), using the Chronic Venous Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (CIVIQ-20) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36).

Methods: Cross sectional design. Patients who underwent early clot removal between June 2012 and November 2021 were asked to complete the two questionnaires once.

Quality of Life after Venous Stenting for Post-thrombotic Syndrome and the Effect of Inflow Disease.

Objective: Patients with PTS experience an impaired quality of life (QoL). We aimed to study QoL in patients stented for post thrombotic syndrome (PTS) and analyze the influence of different parameters.

Methods: Patients stented for PTS after iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis were asked to complete the Chronic Venous Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (CIVIQ-20) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) in this cross-sectional study.

Exercise Intolerance That Resolved After venous Stenting of the Inferior Vena Cava.

Venous stenting could alleviate exercise intolerance associated with chronic inferior vena cava (IVC) obstruction. We describe a 36-year-old male patient with an unknown IVC-obstruction. The obstruction was discovered after a bi-iliac deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Efficacy of endovascular treatment of pelvic varicose veins: A single-center retrospective observational study.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of endovascular embolization of pelvic varicose veins in the treatment of pelvic venous disorders (PeVD).

Methods: A single-center retrospective study was performed, including 156 women referred to the Erasmus University Medical Center between January 2011 and October 2020 for an evaluation of PeVD. Data on presenting symptoms, clinical workup, treatment, and clinical outcomes were collected.

[Steam ablation of varicose veins 5 years later].

Endovenous treatment has become the treatment of choice for patients with saphenous varicose veins (great saphenous vein and small saphenous vein). Current thermal treatment modalities are endovenous laser ablation, radiofrequency ablation and steam ablation. These treatments work by heating the vein, causing the vessel to become occluded.

Commonly Used Endovenous Laser Ablation (EVLA) Parameters Do Not Influence Efficacy: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to summarise available randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of EVLA efficacy, and to define the differences in success rate of variations in wavelength, administered energy, outcome definition, and follow up period.

Methods: A literature search was conducted in Embase, Medline (Ovid-SP), Cochrane Central Database, and Web of Science from inception to November 2017. RCTs with follow up of more than three months were included.

Endovenous laser ablation (EVLA): a review of mechanisms, modeling outcomes, and issues for debate.

Endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) is a commonly used and very effective minimally invasive therapy to manage leg varicosities. Yet, and despite a clinical history of 16 years, no international consensus on a best treatment protocol has been reached so far. Evidence presented in this paper supports the opinion that insufficient knowledge of the underlying physics amongst frequent users could explain this shortcoming.

Some controversies in endovenous laser ablation of varicose veins addressed by optical-thermal mathematical modeling.

Minimally invasive treatment of varicose veins by endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) becomes more and more popular. However, despite significant research efforts performed during the last years, there is still a lack of agreement regarding EVLA mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. The aim of this article is to address some of these controversies by utilizing optical-thermal mathematical modeling.

[Steam ablation of varicose veins].

In many western countries endovenous thermal ablation techniques have largely replaced classical surgery for the treatment of saphenous varicose veins as they are more effective and patient friendly. Because these treatments can be performed under local tumescent anaesthesia, patients can mobilize immediately after the procedure. A new method of thermal ablation is endovenous steam ablation, which is a fast and easy procedure.