Clinical Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation for Unilateral and Bilateral Varicose Veins

Abstract

Chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities is common and is associated with both legs in 20% of patients. Patients in this cohort had equivalent outcomes regardless of whether one or both legs were treated (in the same setting), including perioperative complications and improvement in venous clinical severity and quality-of-life scores. Thus, bilateral lower extremity radiofrequency ablation (RFA) was well tolerated and should be an option for patients.