Tag: ablation

Overtreatment in venous disease: Financial incentives are “the elephant in the...

To combat the “overtreatment problem” in the appropriate care of venous disease, “a concerted, complex, multimodal effort” is required from specialists across disparate parts...

Systematic review deems ablation of superficial venous reflux safe for patients...

In patients with concurrent deep venous obstruction (DVO), superficial venous reflux (SVR) ablation is suggested to be safe, according to a recent systematic review....
VenaBlock

Five-year data identify RD Global & Invamed’s VenaBlock cyanoacrylate ablation as...

RD Global & Invamed recently announced that five-year results of a comparison between cyanoacrylate ablation (CAA) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA), showing that CAA with...
VENISTAR-VVR-system

Minimally invasive ablation device VENISTAR to support treatment of damaged veins

STARmed has announced that it has obtained CE Mark approval for VENISTAR, an "innovatively designed" electrode that uses radiofrequency energy to treat patients with...
Venous News for specialists

US study finds racial disparities in outcomes of superficial vein treatments

A US-based multicentre study has found that while chronic venous insufficiency is “primarily observed in white women”, there are other notable differences in the...

SeCure trial data show ablation of incompetent perforator veins benefits patients

 Kathleen Gibson (Bellevue, USA), one of the principal investigators of the SeCure trial, presented its results at the ACP 2018 annual congress. “More than...