%0 Journal Article
%T Initial outcomes of endovenous laser ablation with 1940£¿nm diode laser in the treatment of incompetent saphenous veins
%A Insoo Park
%J Vascular
%@ 1708-539X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1708538118797860
%X To investigate the initial outcomes of 1940£¿nm diode laser in the treatment of incompetent saphenous veins. This was a prospective observational study. We treated 89 patients with 160 incompetent saphenous veins using a 1940£¿nm diode laser and bare fiber. The laser¡¯s power was set to 4.5 W with a mean linear endovenous energy density of 50.4 J/cm. The one-month closure rate was 100%. The post-procedural pain score at 6 h, 1 day, 10 days, and 1 month was 0.85£¿¡À£¿1.04, 0.65£¿¡À£¿1.01, 0.82£¿¡À£¿1.25, and 0.47£¿¡À£¿0.82, respectively. Complications encountered included paresthesia (3.8%) and thrombophlebitis (4.4%), whereas no cases of endovenous heat-induced thrombosis were observed. The 1940£¿nm laser and bare fiber at 50.4 J/cm showed satisfactory initial outcomes with less pain and fewer complications, in the treatment of incompetent saphenous veins
%K Varicose veins
%K endovenous laser ablation
%K endovenous laser treatment
%K 1940£¿nm
%K bare fiber
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1708538118797860