Objectives: This was a prospective observational study to assess the short- to mid-term efficacy and safety of catheter foam sclerotherapy (CFS) of the great saphenous vein (GSV), including peri-saphenous tumescenceinfiltration (PST) and intra-saphenous saline irrigation (ISI), in combination with phlebectomy of the varicose tributaries. Methods: Eighty-eight limbs in 82 patients (19 male, 63 female, mean age 55.7 years) affected by varices related to GSV incompetence were submitted to CFS of the refluxing GSV segment after PST and ISI, combined with phlebectomy of the varicose tributaries. Sodium tetradecyl sulfate (STS) 3% þ CO2/O2sclerosant foam (SF)(median 7 mL) was injected in the GSV trunk (median caliber 7.1 mm) by means of a 4F catheter.
Clinical and colour duplex ultrasound (CDU) investigation was performed pre-operatively, and 40 days, 6, 12, and 36 months post-operatively. A…
