Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1538-1545 , December 2008

Endovenous laser ablation: Venous outcomes and thrombotic complications are independent of the presence of deep venous insufficiency

A portion of this study was presented as a Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Orlando, Fla, March 21-24, 2007.

  • Brian S. Knipp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Brian S. Knipp, MD, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, SPC 5867, CVC 5463, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5867
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  • Susan A. Blackburn, RN, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Jess R. Bloom, RVT

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Elaine Fellows, NP

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • William LaForge, RN

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • John R. Pfeifer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • David M. Williams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Thomas W. Wakefield, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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  • Michigan Venous Study Group

      Affiliations

    • See the Appendix for a list of the Michigan Venous Study group members.

Received 19 March 2008 ,Accepted 11 July 2008.

  • Image Result

    No difference was identified in duration of vessel occlusion in limbs with deep venous insufficiency (DVI) compared with limbs without DVI (P = .117).

    No difference was identified in duration of vessel occlusion in limbs with deep venous insufficiency (DVI) compared with limbs without DVI (P = .117).

  • Image Result

    Box and whisker plots show that by fixed-effects modeling, the presence of deep venous insufficiency (DVI) had no effect on the rate of total venous clinical severity scores (VCSS) improvement (P = .5

    Box and whisker plots show that by fixed-effects modeling, the presence of deep venous insufficiency (DVI) had no effect on the rate of total venous clinical severity scores (VCSS) improvement (P = .572). The horizontal line in the middle of each box indicates the median; the top and bottom borders of the box mark the 75th and 25th percentiles, respectively. The whiskers mark the 90th and 10th percentiles.

  • Image Result
    Box and whisker plots show that by using fixed-effects modeling, there was significantly less improvement (P = .04) of venous clinical severity scores (VCSS) in limbs with complete vessel recanalizati

    Box and whisker plots show that by using fixed-effects modeling, there was significantly less improvement (P = .04) of venous clinical severity scores (VCSS) in limbs with complete vessel recanalization compared with vessels that remained occluded. The horizontal line in the middle of each box indicates the median; the top and bottom borders of the box mark the 75th and 25th percentiles, respectively. The whiskers mark the 90th and 10th percentiles.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01189-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.052

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1538-1545 , December 2008

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