title: Endovenous therapy for the treatment of congenital venous malformations.
abstract: The treatment of a congenital venous malformation using endovenous radiofrequency ablation in a patient is described. The patient initially underwent two treatments of foam sclerotherapy with moderate success. Later the main feeding vessel of the venous malformation became evident on examination with venous duplex and was identified as the great saphenous vein. At this point, endovenous radiofrequency ablation was used to ablate the feeding vessel and successfully treat the lesion. The procedure proceeded without complications, and the patient made a good recovery. It is recommended that patients presenting with such malformations be considered for endovenous therapy as early as possible.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Institute, St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust, Tooting, London. onurberber@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Berber
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hinchliffe
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Loftus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions