Experience of Endovascular Treatment for Varicose Veins

Abstract

From August 2013 to September 2014, we treated 58 patients (65 limbs) with great saphenous varicose veins by using endovenous laser abrasion (980-nm diode laser with bare-tip fiber). The treatment produced excellent results, and no serious adverse events occurred; however, complications such as pain and ecchymosis developed in approximately 70% of the patients. In the past decade, endovascular treatment of varicose veins, including endovenous laser abrasion and radiofrequency abrasion, has gained popularity as a new minimally invasive treatment. Herein, we report the efficacy and complications of endovascular treatment on the basis of our experience, with the hope that this method will be developed further for applications in dermatology in the near future.