The comparison of pain intensity in the patients undergoing thermal and non-thermal ablation of lower extremity veins for chronic venous insufficiency with visual analogue scale

Authors : İlker İNCE

Pages : 161-166

Doi:10.18663/tjcl.1244838

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Publication Date : 2023-03-23

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim To compare the procedural pain intensity measured with VAS in patients undergoing thermal or non-thermal ablation of lower extremity veins for chronic venous insufficiency insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CVI);. Material and Method Patients who underwent a venous procedure, either thermal or non-thermal, in our clinic between June 2022 and December 2022 evaluated for inclusion to this retrospective study. The patients with available complete medical records in the database of the health center were included. Patients who had a history of deep venous thrombosis, thrombophlebitis, a venous intervention or who underwent open surgical venous procedure were excluded. Patients were asked to draw a line representing the intensity of the procedural pain on visual analogue scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(VAS);. Results A total of 183 patients were evaluated and 60 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(100%); patients whom complete medical records were available were included. The non-thermal ablation group included 30 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(50%);, the thermal ablation group included 30 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(50%); patients. There were 14 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(46.67%); males in non-thermal ablation group, 12 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(40.00%); in thermal ablation group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P=0.602);. The mean age in the non-thermal ablation group was 47.10 ± 9.84 years, 44.70 ± 8.84 years in the thermal ablation group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P=0.324);. The procedure duration was significantly longer in thermal ablation group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(22.70 ± 4.45 min in non-thermal ablation group vs 33.10 ± 3.64 min in thermal ablation group, P<0.001);. VAS score was significantly higher in thermal ablation group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(46.63 ± 15.76 in non-thermal ablation group vs 61.13 ± 10.65 thermal ablation group, P=0.001);. Conclusion The endovenous non-thermal ablation of vena saphena magna insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(VSM); with cyanoacrylate is a more comfortable and less painful alternative for the thermal ablation technique for the patients with CVI. Keywords: Chronic venous insufficiency; cyanoacrylate; radiofrequency; vena saphena magna; thermal ablation.
Keywords : Chronic Venous Insufficiency, cyanoacrylate, radiofrequency, vena saphena magna