Long-term Clinical Results after Endovenous Thermal Ablation for Primary Varicose Veins: A Comparative Study to Stripping Surgery

A total 4441 patients underwent endovenous thermal ablation (ETA) for primary varicose veins in our day surgery clinic for these 8 years. Seven cases (0.2%) received re-operation because of the recurrent varicose veins which including 2 cases of same site recurrence and 2 cases of different site recurrence after GSV ablation, and 3 cases of same site recurrence after SSV ablation. Out of 2698 patients who had undergone stripping surgery for these 11 years, 16 cases (0.6%) received re-operation because of the recurrence varicose veins. The long-term clinical results of our varicose vein surgery were considered to be acceptable.