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Study data from C. Vaz and co-authors update knowledge of angiology



2009 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- "Short saphenous vein incompetence is present in up to 20% of patients with varicose veins. Studies looking at the success and complication rates associated with endovenous laser ablation of the short saphenous vein included only a small number of patients," scientists in Oporto, Portugal report.

"The authors report the case of a 51-year-old woman presenting with a painful right leg edema. She had a history of previous endovenous laser ablation of the right and left great saphenous veins and right short saphenous vein. Duplex scan was performed and showed an arteriovenous fistula between branches of the popliteal artery and vein. Surgical ligation of the fistula was performed," wrote C. Vaz and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "At 8-month follow-up, the patient remains asymptomatic.."

Vaz and colleagues published their study in Annals of Vascular Surgery (Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula Following Endovenous Laser Therapy of the Short Saphenous Vein. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 2009;23(3):E15).

For more information, contact C. Vaz, Center Hospital Porto, Oporto, Portugal.

Publisher contact information for the journal Annals of Vascular Surgery is: Elsevier Science Inc., 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA.

Keywords: Portugal, Oporto, Angiology, Arteriovenous Fistula, Edema, Laser Therapy, Saphenous Vein, Surgery, Therapy, Treatment, Varicose Vein.

This article was prepared by Biotech Business Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Biotech Business Week via NewsRx.com.

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