Endovenous laser

A 69-year-old woman developed prilocaine-induced methemoglobinemia after endovenous laser ablation during which prilocaine 1200 mg was used for tumescent anesthesia of four truncal veins [76 ]. She developed the signs of methemoglobinemia and required treatment with ascorbic acid and methylthioninium chloride. She recovered within 24 hours and was discharged without sequelae. 

Tekbas G, Oguzkurt L, Ozkan U, Gurel K. Prilocain-induced methemoglobinemia after endovenous laser ablation. J Vase Interv Radiol 2010 21 758-9. 

Carradice, D., Mekako, A.I., Mazari, F.A.K., Samuel, N., Hatfield, J., Chetter, I.C., 2011. Clinical and technical outcomes from a randomized clinical trial of endovenous laser ablation compared with conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins. British Journal of Surgery 98, 1117-1123. 

Min, R.J., Khilnani, N., Zimmet, S.E., 2003. Endovenous laser treatment of saphenous vein reflux long-term results. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 14,991—996. 

Endovenous laser ablation of the great saphenous vein, short saphenous vein and other saphenous-related trunks has been approved by the FDA. The... 

Navarro L,Min RJ,Bone C (2001) Endovenous laser a new minimally invasive method of treatment for varicose veins-preliminary observations using an 810 nm diode laser. Dermatol Surg 27(2) 117-22... 

Timperman PE, Sichlau M, Ryu RK (2004) Greater energy delivery improves treatment success of endovenous laser treatment of incompetent saphenous veins. J Vase Interv Radiol 15 1061-1063... 

Proebstle TM, Gul D, Lehr HA, et al. (2003) Infrequent early recanalization of GSV after endovenous laser treatment. J Vase Surg 38 511-516... 

Todd K, Fronek H, Isaacs M, Mackay E, Pearson D () Endovenous laser treatment a twelve month evaluation of 291 patients. J Vase Interv Radiolsupplement S144... 

Zimmet SE, Min RJ (2003) Temperature changes in perivenous tissue during endovenous laser treatment in a swine model. J Vase Interv Radiol 14 911-915... 

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