Tag: varicose veins
Multi-society guidelines on varicose vein management published
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), American Venous Forum (AVF), and American Vein and Lymphatic Society (AVLS) have released the second and final part...
Interventional News’ top 10 most popular stories of March 2023
Interventional News’ most popular stories from March included those covering new embolization and radiofrequency ablation data presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)...
Interventional News’ top 10 most popular stories of February 2023
Interventional News’ most popular stories for the month of February included news from the Pan Arab Interventional Radiology Society annual meeting (PAIRS; 11–14 February,...
Vulvar varicosities: New procedure, durable results
In the past two decades, there has been a shift in varicose vein management from conventional surgical treatments to outpatient interventional procedures. Depending on...
Recurrent varicose veins: Multiple tools available to achieve excellent outcomes
Ramona Gupta (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA) addresses the issue of recurrent varicose veins, highlighting in particular the “multiple tools” now at physicians’ disposal to...
Compression after radiofrequency ablation of varicose veins “adds no clinical benefit”
A randomised controlled trial has found that clinical and patient-reported outcomes following radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of varicose veins without compression are no worse than...
Interventional radiology’s right to compete
There is a recent story about a UK-based private insurer potentially no longer recognising interventional radiologists as primary practitioners for the treatment of varicose...
BTG’s Varithena launched in Canada
Following Health Canada regulatory approval, BTG is to launch its polidocanol injectable foam (Varithena), a drug/device combination product used to treat varicose veins, in...
