Technical feasibility and early results of radiologically guided foam sclerotherapy for treatment of varicose veins.

Background: Duplex ultrasound guidance of foam sclerotherapy has been established as a routine and standard treatment of varicose veins, but duplex-guided technique is not perfect because of its inherent shortcomings, and correlative complications have been reported. Moreover, not every country or region of the world can use duplex ultrasound guidance for foam sclerotherapy.

Objective: To describe an original technique of using radiologically guided foam sclerotherapy for the treatment of leg varicose veins and to evaluate the technical feasibility and early results.