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Radiofrequency Ablation vs Conventional Surgery for Superficial Venous Insufficiency

NCT02588911 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2015-10-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The current study was a double blind randomised controlled trial that compared radiofrequency ablation (RFA) versus conventional surgery (CS) in patients who served as their own controls and who had intact great saphenous veins (GSVs).

Conditions

  • Venous Insufficiency

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Conventional Surgery

Cranial ligation of the great saphenous vein and branches of the sapheno-femoral junction and stripping of the great saphenous vein

PROCEDURE

Radiofrequency Ablation

Catheter-based ablation of the great saphenous vein

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nelson Wolosker

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nelson Wolosker, MD, PhD · Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
33 Years
Max Age
76 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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