Tag: varicose veins
FDA approves IDE for pivotal study of high-intensity focused ultrasound platform
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an investigational device exemption (IDE) application for the VEINRESET multicenter pivotal study that will evaluate Sonovein...
AVF 2023: Results from first US trial of Sonovein delivered
The 2023 annual meeting of the American Venous Forum (AVF; 22–25 February, San Antonio, USA) heard the final results from the first US trial...
Theraclion announces results of first US trial
Theraclion has announced the results of the first Sonovein trial in the USA, which the company describes as a "major milestone" towards receiving US...
Analysis of varicose vein registry finds women benefit from endovenous ablation...
An evaluation of the Vascular Quality Initiative’s (VQI) Varicose Vein Registry (VVR) carried out by the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) has found women...
Multi-society guideline on venous disease, varicose veins updated
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has published an update to the SVS/American Venous Forum (AVF) 2011 clinical practice guideline on the care of...
Clinical study of Theraclion’s Sonovein solution for varicose veins completes enrolment
Theraclion announced at the American Vein and Lymphatic Society (AVLS) 2022 annual meeting (13–16 October, New Orleans, USA) that the final patient has been...
Recurrent varicose veins: Multiple tools available to achieve excellent outcomes
Ramona Gupta (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA) addresses the issue of recurrent varicose veins, highlighting in particular the “multiple tools” now at physicians’ disposal to...
Compression stockings after endovenous thermal ablation of varicose veins “bring no...
A systematic review and meta-analysis published online in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery has suggested that, following endovenous thermal ablation of...
FDA approves first trial with Theraclion’s Sonovein therapy for varicose veins...
Theraclion has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the first trial with Sonovein in the USA. After this clinical trial, a...
Transluminal injection of foam sclerotherapy combined with EVLA “safe and feasible”
Transluminal injection of foam sclerotherapy (TLFS) combined with endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) is a safe and feasible procedure that improves venous clinical severity score...
New study supports minimally invasive treatments for great saphenous vein incompetence
A large, prospective, single-centre, randomised trial from Spain comparing two open surgical techniques with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to treat saphenous incompetence found RFA comparable...
Varixio Pod Air earns CE mark approval as medical device
Vascular Barcelona Devices (VB Devices) recently announced that its Varixio Pod Air product received CE mark approval as a Class 1s medical device. Varixio...
BAS Vein Treatment Masterclasses take off
The BAS (British Association of Sclerotherapists) interactive Masterclass Series kicked off on 8 October with three experts from the world of vascular surgery sharing...
Concomitant and staged varicose tributary interventions are both safe and effective...
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis compared the outcomes of both concomitant and staged superficial varicose tributary (SVT) interventions as an adjunct to endovenous...
Compression after radiofrequency ablation of varicose veins “adds no clinical benefit”
A randomised controlled trial has found that clinical and patient-reported outcomes following radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of varicose veins with compression are no better than...
Elder statesman of venous disease delivers golfing metaphor for fortitude, wellness
As a podium talk at the annual meeting of the American Venous Forum (VENOUS 2020; 3–6 March, Amelia Island, USA), it represented a bit...
Mechanochemical ablation presents advantages over EVLA in randomised trial of varicose...
Mechanochemical ablation (MOCA) is a superior option to endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) for the treatment of primary varicose veins, according to the findings of...
Debate on varicose vein guidelines highlights potential uncertainty over selection of...
“When we are talking about varicose veins, we are talking about patients, all of whom have different patterns of varicose veins,” stated Armando Mansilha...
An overview of tumescent enhanced sclerotherapy as a treatment for superficial...
While the treatment of spider, reticular and varicose veins using sclerotherapy has been a standard practice for many years, tumescent enhanced sclerotherapy has been...
Retrospective study demonstrates efficacy of RFA and open surgery for varicose...
Long-term evaluation of superficial venous reflux below the knee, in patients who received invasive treatment for varicose veins, has found that both radiofrequency ablation...
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...
The evolution of varicose vein treatment: From 19th century ligation to...
The last two decades have seen a major revolution in the treatment of varicose veins and venous reflux disease—and we may be on the...
MOCAP linked with improved quality of life and fewer reinterventions for...
A study presented at the European Society for Vascular Surgery’s annual meeting (ESVS; 25–28 September, Valencia, Spain) has concluded that mechanochemical ablation with concomitant...
Combining VVSymQ and VCSS scores: A valid method to predict...
The utility of combining patient- and physician-reported scores to stratify disease severity and treatment rationale in patients with varicose veins has been highlighted in...
Surgery better than foam sclerotherapy in patients with isolated AASV varicosis...
One of the first randomised controlled trials comparing two therapeutic regimes—surgery and foam sclerotherapy—in patients with anterior accessory saphenous vein (AASV) varicosis, has found...
Study reports two- to threefold reduction of varicose veins in pregnant...
A new randomised controlled trial evaluated the preventative effect of compression stockings during pregnancy on the incidence of varicose veins as well as venous...
Comparing treatment methods for great saphenous varicose veins at five years
Venous News caught up with Lars Rasmussen (Danish Vein Centres, Denmark) at the European Venous Forum (EVF; 29 June–1 July, Porto, Portugal) to hear...
UK NICE varicose veins clinical guidelines drive “considerable increase” in leg...
Research published in Phlebology has indicated that the 2013 UK varicose veins clinical guidelines have led to “a considerable increase” in leg ulcer patient referrals,...
BTG’s Varithena launched in Canada
Following Health Canada regulatory approval, BTG is to launch its polidocanol injectable foam (Varithena), a drug/device combination product used to treat varicose veins, in...
WAVES trial shows 100% vein closure at one month with short...
A post-market evaluation of the VenaSeal closure system (Medtronic) has found that, at one month, 100% of treated veins remained closed, quality of life...