Ten-year outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of endothermal ablation versus conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins
Mohamed AH, Howitt A, Rae S, Cai PL, Hitchman L, Wallace T et al.
Br J Surg 2024; 111: znae195.
Some 206 of the original 280 patients were available for analysis. Both procedures resulted in durable improvements in disease-specific quality of life (P<0.001). Clinical recurrence was lower after endothermal ablation: 37 versus 59 per cent, P=0.005.
Comment: Endothermal ablation has real long term advantages.
18 September 2024
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