Chronic venous insufficiency is mainly caused by reflux, obstruction, or both. Endovenous glue ablation has become one of the widely used methods for treating reflux in recent years. Duplex ultrasonography is the most commonly used method for diagnosing and evaluating treatment. However, there is important information that plethysmographic venous hemodynamics provides, which Duplex USG cannot provide. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the 5-year clinical, anatomical, and hemodynamic results of endovenous glue ablation in the treatment of chronic venous insufficience, accompanied by the data from the plethysmographic study.
Patients and Method
Between January 2018 and August 2018, 133 patients with symptomatic CEAP 2-6 varicose veins with reflux of the great saphenous vein lasting longer than 0.5 seconds and a diameter of 5.5 mm in the standing great saphenous vein underwent EVGA. CEAP, VCSS, CIVIQ 20, Doppler USG, GSV diameters and insufficiency times, and hemodynamically Venous Refilling Time and Venous Half-Value Time measurements were performed before the procedure. In the same way, measurements were made at the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th, and 60th months of the patients who were called and came to the postoperative follow-up.
Results
Procedural success was 100%, and complete occlusion was observed %93 after treatment, at the 60 month. The improvement in VCSS (from 4.4 ± 1.3 to 1.7 ± 0.9), CIVIQ20 (from 8.5 ± 3.1 to 4.7 ± 2.0), VRT (from 20.3 ± 5.0 to 131.1 ± 4.0), and TH (from 2.8 ± 0.3 to 2.4 ± 0.2) was significant (p < .001 was for all).
Conclusion
Endovenous glue ablation is a preferred method for the treatment of great saphenous vein insufficiency due to its ease of use and the comfort it provides to patients, as well as its effectiveness and safety. In particular, it can be considered an effective method for improving venous hemodynamics and relieving associated symptoms.
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