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TThe evaluation of patient satisfaction with visual analog scale after treatment of varicosities with endovenous laser ablation: Case Series

Endovenöz lazer ablasyon ile semptomatik varislerin tedavisi sonrası hasta memnuniyetinin vizüel analog skala ile değerlendirilmesi: Olgu Serisi

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29–33
Publication Date
2022-10-10
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No patients declared that their symptoms did not improve at all.Conclusion: As a minimal invasive treatment option, EVLA method is reliable with its clinical and esthetic results, effective with its low complication rates, and efficient in terms of patient satisfaction.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Varicosities due to saphenofemoral insufficiency are common, they adversely affect the quality of life, and its conventional treatment method is surgery.
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Key Findings & Data:Visual analog scale (VAS) is used to convert the non-numeric data to numeric values.Material and Methods: In this study, satisfaction of the patients who were treated with EVLA due to symptomatic saphenofemoral insufficiency between April 2011 and April 2013 was investigated by using VAS.
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Conclusion & Impact:No patients declared that their symptoms did not improve at all.Conclusion: As a minimal invasive treatment option, EVLA method is reliable with its clinical and esthetic results, effective with its low complication rates, and efficient in terms of patient satisfaction.
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Objective: Varicosities due to saphenofemoral insufficiency are common, they adversely affect the quality of life, and its conventional treatment method is surgery. Endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) emerged as an alternative to surgery in recent years. EVLA is performed under local anesthesia, and patients can continue to their daily life on the same day of operation. Visual analog scale (VAS) is used to convert the non-numeric data to numeric values.Material and Methods: In this study, satisfaction of the patients who were treated with EVLA due to symptomatic saphenofemoral insufficiency between April 2011 and April 2013 was investigated by using VAS. Ninety eight patients; 47 males and 51 females with ages between 18 to 66 years were included in the study.Results: Among all, 37.7% of the patients reported that their symptoms disappeared completely while 58.8% of the patients expressed that the symptoms markedly improved. No patients declared that their symptoms did not improve at all.Conclusion: As a minimal invasive treatment option, EVLA method is reliable with its clinical and esthetic results, effective with its low complication rates, and efficient in terms of patient satisfaction.

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Amaç: Safenofemoral yetmezliğe bağlı varikoziteler sık karşılaşılan, yaşam kalitesini olumsuz etkileyen sorunlardır ve konvansiyonel tedavileri cerrahidir. Endovenöz lazer ablasyon (EVLA) son yıllarda konvansiyonel cerrahiye alternatif olarak öne çıkmaktadır. EVLA lokal anestezi altında uygulanmakta ve hastalar aynı gün içinde günlük yaşamlarına dönebilmektedir. Vizüel analog skala (VAS), sayısal olarak ölçülemeyen bazı değerleri sayısal hale çevirmek için kullanılır.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışmada, Nisan 2011-Nisan 2013 sürecinde semptomatik safenofemoral yetmezlik nedeniyle EVLA uygulanan hastaların memnuniyet oranı VAS kullanılarak araştırıldı. Çalışmaya yaşları 18 ile 66 arasında değişen 47si erkek 51i kadın, 98 hasta dâhil edildi.Bulgular: EVLA sonrası hastaların % 37,7si şikâyetlerinin tamamen kaybolduğunu, %58,8i şikâyetlerinde belirgin iyileşme olduğunu ifade etti. Şikâyetlerinde iyileşme olmadığını belirten hasta olmadı.Sonuç: EVLA yöntemi ile semptomatik varis tedavisi; klinik ve estetik sonuçlarıyla güvenilir, düşük komplikasyon oranlarıyla etkin bir minimal invaziv tedavi seçeneği olmasının yanı sıra, hasta memnuniyeti yönünden de etkili bir yöntemdir.

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ERİŞ, C., ERDOLU, B., AY, D., GÜCÜ, A., VURAL, A. H., GÖNCÜ, M. T., TOKTAŞ, F. (2022). TThe evaluation of patient satisfaction with visual analog scale after treatment of varicosities with endovenous laser ablation: Case Series. Damar Cerrahi Dergisi, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 1, 29–33. https://ajindex.com/articles/486753

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