Trends of Sclerotherapy for Varicose Veins over Last Twenty Year in the Community General Hospital

Abstract

We report trends of sclerothrapy for primary varicose vein in general comm unity hospital where sclerotherapy has begun in early 1990’s. High ligation of sapbenous trunk and sclerotherapy for varicosity were performed at first for less illed saphenous type varicose. Postoperative clinical and duplex analysis demonstrated relatively high mid-term recurrence, leading to difficulty for selection of good candidate for high ligation and sclerotberapy. Therefore due to difficulty of selection of patients, sclerotherapy has been mainly performed for non-saphenous type varicose veins.

Sclerotherapy regimen has been changed liquid self made polidocanol to foam, self made polidocanol in 2004 and then changed to ready made Polidocasclerol^™ in 2007. There is tendency lo decline number of sessions of sclerotherapy. We anticipate new advance in sclerotherapy.