title: Cyanoacrylate glue for the treatment of great saphenous vein incompetence in the anticoagulated patient.
abstract: The Sapheon Venaseal Closure System (Sapheon Inc, Santa Rosa, Calif), using cyanoacrylate glue, has provided a new modality of treatment, with patients treated without both tumescent anesthesia and postoperative compression. We present the first case of great saphenous vein occlusion performed using glue while the patient was fully anticoagulated with warfarin. This was tolerated well, and the treated vein showed complete early occlusion at 8 weeks; however at 6 months, extensive recanalization was demonstrated on duplex imaging.
authors.affiliation: Academic Section of Vascular Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Tristan R A
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.affiliation: Academic Section of Vascular Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Damian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kelleher
authors.affiliation: Academic Section of Vascular Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Hayley M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Academic Section of Vascular Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ian J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.affiliation: Academic Section of Vascular Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: a.h.davies@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Alun H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Davies