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20144527

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Varicose veins are as old as Hippocrates. Varicose vein treatments come and go. Surgery for varicose vein disease is one of the commonest elective general surgical procedures. The history of varicose vein surgery has been traced. We note the first descriptions of varicose veins, and we particularly focus on the ligation of the saphenofemoral junction, stripping of the great saphenous veins, phlebectomy, and perforant vein surgery. We end with the rapid rise of minimally invasive procedures, such as foam sclerotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and endovenous lasertherapy. Within 10 years, the advantages of minimal invasiveness for these procedures, combined with claims of equivalent short-term outcomes and even better long-term results, have already influenced our everyday practice. At present, the gold standard treatment of varicose veins still is surgical ligation and stripping of the insufficient vein. Concomitantly or sequentially with the treatment of truncal insufficiency, residual varicosities can be treated by phlebectomy. New minimally invasive techniques, however, have changed the clinical landscape for varicose vein surgery tremendously. The dramatic changes of the last decade are probably the precursors of the next generation.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1615-5947
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2010. Published by Elsevier Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
426-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Historical overview of varicose vein surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands. J.vd.bremer@rijnland.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Historical Article