Abstract
In more than 60% of varicose subjects finger compression of the main tributary(ies) is able to eliminate the reflux in the GSV axis. This corresponds to the Reflux elimination test (RET), and in these cases a simple elimination of the tributary may be initially sufficient, if a conservative strategy is concerned. In these same cases, the positioning of a special tourniquet based on sport taping material with a thickening placed exactly over the tributary termination (CREED = Conservative REflux Elimination Device) may have the same effect than a phlebectomy. This application, easy and simple, may be useful when active treatments are not possible or need to be delayed, without any ambition of being a definitive care.
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