Challenges in advancing the laser fiber through the great saphenous vein during endovenous ablation and strategies to overcome them.

CONCLUSIONS: Both obstruction and higher patients' BMI are the main obstacles during endovenous laser ablation and usually needs additional maneuvers to accomplish the procedure in our study and the use of tricks to overcome these issues is feasible. PMID: 30624132 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30624132?dopt=Abstract

Source: Phlebology - January 9, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Gornati VC, Utsunomia K, Labropoulos N Tags: Phlebology Source Type: research

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