Elastic stockings after varicose vein surgery: useful or nonsense.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- The standard surgical treatment for varicose veins is stripping of the greater saphenous vein. More recently minimally invasive techniques like endovenous laser therapy of the incompetent greater saphenous vein have gained increasing popularity. Post-operatively after both techniques, patients usually receive compression therapy with elastic stockings. However, no evidence is available to support this routine and frequently the patients experience discomfort from the use of these stockings.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20732
- Lead Sponsor
- HulsewéDr.KarelChirurgOrbis Medisch CentrumDr. H. van der Hoffplein 1Postbus 55006130 MB SittardNederlandk.hulsewe@orbisconcern.nl
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 270
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age between 18 and 65 years;
2. Duplex-proven varicose veins with insufficient saphenofemoral crosse;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Pregnancy;
2. Refusal of informed consent;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endpoint of the study is the pain score. Pain will be measured using a visual analogue scale. In the first week patients will keep score of their pain daily and in the following 5 weeks they will register their pain scores weekly. We will investigate the difference between the group with and the group without elastic stockings in these parameters.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Presence of complications (deep venous thrombosis, haematoma, <br> thrombophlebitis, wound-infections, oedema);<br /><br>2. Time before returning to work (or hobby or sports);<br /><br>3. Analgesics consumption;<br /><br>4. Leg volume;<br /><br>5. Functioning- and Varicose vein-scores (RAND-36, AVVQ).