Sealing Veins vs. Radiofrequency Ablation of Truncal Varicose Veins-5 Years Experience

Ulf Th Zierau

Abstract

We report about 5 year-results in a single center retrospective comparative study with VenaSeal® Closure System in 2202 veins (1515 Great Saphenous Veins, GSV), 570 Short Saphenous Veins (SSV) vs. RFITT-ablation (Radiofrequency induced ThermoTherapy, RFITT) in 282 veins (181 GSV, 101 SSV). Our scientific paper compares the advantages and disadvantages of both methods again and represents the 60 month-results of our ambulant single-center study.