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    • Radiofrequency ablation versus high ligation and stripping of great saphenous veins (short term results): Prospective comparative randomized study

    Ahmed Samir Hosny, Mohamed Hosny Ezz El Arab, AmrAbd El Rahim Mohamed
    Department of Surgery, Vascular Surgery Unit, Cairo University

    Aim of the study: The aim of the study is to compare the radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and high ligation and stripping (HLS) of the great saphenous vein (GSV) in patients suffer lower limb varicose veins. Patients and methods: Forty two (42) patients including 29males 13females were referred to the vascular outpatient clinic of our department at Kasr Al Ainy hospital for management of their chronic venous disease( CVD) in the period from June 2016 to January 2017.The patients were randomized ,treated with either radiofrequency ablation (RFA),or high ligation and stripping (HLS) . Nineteen (19) patients were treated with RFA. Twenty three (23) patients were treated with HLS of the GSV. Results: The study includes 29 males and 13 females.Thepatients’ complaints were heaviness 90% and 100%, disfigurement 52% and 48% in the FRA and HLS, respectively. All patients included in the study were CEAP class 2 apart from one patient in the RFA group who was CEAP class 3.RFA was applied to the left GSV in 6 (30%) and to right GSV in 13 (70%) patients. The left GSV in 14 (60,8%) and the right GSV in 9 (34.7%) patient were highly ligated and stripped.

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