Comparison of surgery and radiofrequency ablation for varicose veins
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I83- Varicose veins of lower extremities
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/11/047073
- Lead Sponsor
- nil
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Age more than 18 years, Symptomatic varicose veins-undergoing Trendelenburg or RFA (unilateral and bilateral), Clinical Etiologic Anatomic Pathophysiologic (CEAP) class C 2-4 E p A s P r , GSV incompetence, Recurrent varicose veins- if the GSV is preserved to groin on duplex imaging, Informed consent given.
Exclusion Criteria
Duplication of saphenous trunk, Small saphenous vein reflux (until 3 months after removal of such a vein), Previous deep vein thrombosis (DVT), Presenting with acute thrombophlebitis, Peripheral arterial disease.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to return to workTimepoint: 4 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Complication rates <br/ ><br>Postoperative pain using pain scaleTimepoint: Day 0,1,2 and 2 weeks