The Clinical and Histological Effects of Ethanolamine in Varicose Veins

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Mosley ◽  
I. Gupta

Objective: To study the histological changes in varicosities after injection of 5% ethanolamine. Design: A prospective study in nine groups of six patients awaiting bilateral varicose vein surgery. Patients: Each patient had a below-knee incompetent perforating vein injected with either 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0 ml 5% ethanolamine. The contralateral varicosity received a similar volume of normal saline. Intervention: The patients wore elasticated stockings until admitted for operation at 2, 4 or 8 weeks after the injections. The injected varicosity was then dissected out. Main outcome measures: Each vein was reported on by a histologist who did not know which had received ethanolamine or saline. The histologist graded each vein according to the severity of change from 0 (no effect) to 5 (total obliteration of vein). Results: Ethanolamine at 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 ml caused extensive histological damage to the varicosity. After 8 weeks most varicosities had been destroyed. Conclusion: Ethanolamine, unlike sodium tetradecyl sulphate, causes complete destruction of a varicosity. A dose of 0.5 ml is just as effective as 2.0 ml.

Phlebologie ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (05) ◽  
pp. 253-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. König ◽  
Z. T. Miszczak ◽  
H. J. Stark ◽  
P.-M. Baier

SummaryLymphatic complications are minor complications after varicose vein surgery. The frequency of lymphatic complications following an operation on varicose veins is very rarely discussed in literature. Patients, method: We investigated their frequency in a prospective study. Results: Between January 2004 and December 2005 in the cases of 3565 varicose vein operations we found 345 or 9.7% lymphatic complications, i.d. 123 cysts (3.4%), 24 fistulas (0.7%), 7 lymphorrhoe (0.2%) and 5 lymphoedema (0.14%). Conclusion: Lymphoedema is the only longlasting complication of the varicose vein surgery.


Surgery ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 168 (5) ◽  
pp. 909-914
Author(s):  
Lin Yang ◽  
Xiaoping Wang ◽  
Zhiqing Wei ◽  
Chenghua Zhu ◽  
Jianlin Liu ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1156-1162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre M. van Rij ◽  
Gerry Hill ◽  
Chris Gray ◽  
Ross Christie ◽  
Josie Macfarlane ◽  
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