A multi-institutional review of endovenous thermal ablation of the saphenous vein finds male sex and use of anticoagulation are predictors of long-term failure.
Young ErbenIsabel VasquezYupeng LiPeter GloviczkiManju KalraGustavo OderichRandall R De MartinoHaraldur BjarnasonMelissa J NeisenJanuary F MooreJoao A Da Rocha-FrancoMaria C Sanchez-ValenzuelaGregory FreyBeau ToskichZlatko DevcicHoussam FarresWarren A OldenburgJessica Gomez-PerezJustin R YarbroughMichael AdaliaWilliam StoneAndrew J MeltzerAlbert G HakaimPublished in: Phlebology (2020)
Our experience revealed a 5-year closure rate of 86.3%. Ablations have satisfactory occlusion rate.