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Endovenous Thermal Ablation of Incompetent Truncal Veins in Patients with Superficial Venous Insufficiency

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Vascular Embolotherapy

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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EVTA should be considered a scientifically acceptable option to eliminate truncal reflux. The procedures can be performed without sedation in an ambulatory setting and are very effective, safe and associated with virtually immediate recovery. EVTA appears to be associated with a lower rate of recurrent SVI due to a virtual absence of the high rate of groin neovascularity seen with high ligation and stripping of the GSV. EVTA procedures have already begun to supplant traditional surgery for truncal incompetence.

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  1. Cornell Vascular, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 416 East 55th Street, New York, NY, 10022, USA

    Neil M. Khilnani MD & Robert J. Min MD

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  1. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA

    Jafar Golzarian MD (Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology) & Shiliang Sun MD (Associate Professor of Radiology) (Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology) &  (Associate Professor of Radiology)

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Khilnani, N.M., Min, R.J. (2006). Endovenous Thermal Ablation of Incompetent Truncal Veins in Patients with Superficial Venous Insufficiency. In: Golzarian, J., Sun, S., Sharafuddin, M.J. (eds) Vascular Embolotherapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33257-X_9

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