Resultados do tratamento do refluxo de veias safenas com endolaser 1.470 nm e correlação com o grau de insuficiência venosa
Results of venous reflux treatment with 1,470 nm endolaser and correlation with degree of venous insufficiency
Ana Paula Pires Silva; Daniel Mendes Pinto; Vanessa Aline Miranda Vieira Milagres; Leonardo Ghizoni Bez; Júlio César Arantes Maciel; Caetano de Souza Lopes
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Background: Patients with advanced chronic venous disease are more likely to need additional procedures for relapsed varicose veins. It has not yet been established whether severity of venous insufficiency is a factor that influences the occlusion rate of saphenous veins treated with endolasers. Objectives: To analyze occlusion rate of venous segments treated with endolaser and correlate it with patients’ Venous Clinical Severity Score (VCSS) and Clinical-EtiologicalAnatomical-Pathological (CEAP) classification. Methods: Retrospective analysis of a cohort of patients operated using a 1,470 nm endolaser from November 2012 to March 2020. Descriptive statistics were calculated and Kaplan-Meier survival curves were plotted with Cox regression for groups stratified by VCSS and CEAP. Results: A total of 180 venous segments were analyzed in 170 patients. Mean age was 44.3 ± 9.2 and the majority of patients were female (71%). Mean energy density used in the great saphenous vein was 49.2 ± 8.3 J/cm. The most common complications were pain along the course of the saphenous vein (12.2%) and paresthesias at 6 months (17.2%). There was no difference in venous occlusion rate between groups with VCSS ≤ 7 and VCSS > 7 (p = 0.067). A group of patients classified as CEAP classes C4, C5, or C6 had a lower occlusion rate than a group at classes C2 or C3 (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.22; confidence interval [CI] 1.85, 5.61; p = 0.001]. Conclusions: The occlusion rates of venous segments treated with endolaser were lower in patients with higher CEAP classes. It is probably necessary to use more energy in these patients to achieve effective treatment of saphenous veins.
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Submitted date:
09/23/2020
Accepted date:
12/04/2020
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