title: Sclerotherapy of varicose veins: my method (HCS).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of my study has been to evaluate the efficacy of a new method of compression sclerotherapy of great saphenous vein (GSV) and small saphenous vein (SSV).
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred fifty-five lower extremities with primary varicose veins, with a long reflux of the GSV (C2-6, Ep, As2 ± p, Pr), have been submitted to sclerotherapy applying the following method: injection of the trunk of the GSV, according to Sigg's technique; echoguided compression of sapheno-femoral junction (done by an inflatable balloon called Safeguard®); immediate eccentric positive compression on the trunk of the GSV; and short elastic bandage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results have shown that applying this method of sclerotherapy the failure rate decreases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of Safeguard® interrupts reflux to the lower veins, and these can so be well sclerosed and compressed with short elastic bandage.
authors.affiliation: Studio Flebologico Ferrara, Acerra, Naples, Italy. frferr@tiscali.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrara
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000628:therapy*