Higher clinical class Clinical, Etiological, Anatomical, and Pathophysiological score is associated with lower odds of improvement in patient-reported outcomes after endovenous thermal ablation of truncal veins.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Endovenous thermal ablation (EVTA) of superficial lower extremity veins performed with laser or radiofrequency ablation has high rates of technical success. However, it is understudied how improvement in patient-reported outcomes after EVTA is related to the preoperative clinical class in the Clinical, Etiological, Anatomical, and Pathophysiological (CEAP) classification. This study investigated whether patients with a higher CEAP clinical class have lower odds of perceived symptomatic improvement than patients with lower preprocedural clinical class.

Methods

A retrospective cohort analysis of Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Varicose Vein Registry data from 2014 ro 2021 was conducted. Patients >18 years of age who underwent EVTA alone and followed up within 3 mon

SUBMITTER: Lehane DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12594920 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature