ArticleFrontiers in surgery2025
Wire-assisted modification of Havst catheter stripping of the great saphenous vein trunk.
Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic outcomes using Havst catheter stripping vs. a wire-assisted modification of Havst catheter stripping the trunk of great saphenous vein (GSV) above knee. Methods: Data were collected from 120 patients who underwent stripping of the GSV trunk using a Havst catheter from January 2025 to June 2025; 60 patients underwent the conventional approach to Havst catheter stripping and 60 patients underwent a wire-assisted modification of Havst catheter stripping. Age, gender, Clinical class, Stripping time of the GSV trunk (including tumescent anesthesia), length of the stripped GSV trunk above knee, intraoperative Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain score, and success of surgery were compared between treatment groups. Results: A wire-assisted modification of Havst catheter stripping showed significant advantages over conventional approach of Havst catheter in terms of longer median (interquartile range, IQR) Stripping length of GSV trunk 384 (361, 407) vs. 321 (309, 334) cm, Conclusion: The wire-assisted modification of Havst catheter stripping enabled faster and the longer segment of the GSV trunk above knee was stripped compared to the conventional approach to Havst catheter stripping.
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