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Radiofrequency Ablation and Laser Ablation in the Treatment of Varicose Veins

  • Developments in Endovascular and Endoscopic Surgery
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Annals of Vascular Surgery

Abstract

Chronic venous insufficiency is a major medical disease in the United States. With a total population of 300 million, it is estimated that 25 million persons in this country alone have symptoms of this disease (1 in 12). Great saphenous vein reflux is the most common form of venous insufficiency in symptomatic patients and is most frequently responsible for varicose veins of the lower extremity. Therefore, therapy directed toward correcting superficial venous pathology is beneficial to many patients.

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  1. Miami Vein Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Jose I. Almeida MD, FACS, RVT & Jeffrey K. Raines PhD, RVT

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Jose I. Almeida MD, FACS, RVT & Jeffrey K. Raines PhD, RVT

  3. Miami Vein Center, 1501 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL, 33129, USA

    Jose I. Almeida MD, FACS, RVT

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Almeida, J.I., Raines, J.K. Radiofrequency Ablation and Laser Ablation in the Treatment of Varicose Veins. Ann Vasc Surg 20, 547–552 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10016-006-9098-8

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