Abstract

SILVEIRA, Lara Ballaminut da; ARAUJO, Isadora Isis de Oliveira  and  SILVA, Melissa Andreia de Moraes. Relationship of venous recanalization with quality of life and severity of the disease in patients with venous ulcer submitted to polidocanol foam sclerotherapy. Angiol Cir Vasc [online]. 2017, vol.13, n.4, pp.08-14. ISSN 1646-706X.

Introduction: Venous ulcer is the most advanced stage of chronic venous disease. Polidocanol foam sclerotherapy corresponds to a minimally invasive treatment, reproducible in cases of vessel recanalization. Objective: To correlate the severity of venous disease, quality of life and recanalization rates in patients with venous ulcers treated with polidocanol foam sclerotherapy. Methods: Forty patients with venous ulcers submitted to ultrasound-guided polidocanol foam sclerotherapy were eval- uated. The patients were divided into four groups according to the post-procedure period (Group 6, Group 12, Group 24 and Group 36). Quality of life, severity of disease and vein recanalization were analyzed in all patients using the generic questionnaire SF-36, the Clinical Severity Scale of the Venous Symptoms and Doppler ultrasonography, respectively. Results: There was no statistically significant relationship between vein recanalization with the eight SF-36 domains or with the higher scores of the Clinical Severity Scale of Venous Symptoms in any of the groups studied. When comparing the domains of SF-36 between groups there was statistically significant difference in the domain limitations by emotional aspects (p<0.05). Conclusion: Vein recanalization does not affects negatively the quality of life and the severity of disease in patients submitted to polidocanol foam sclerotherapy.

Keywords : Venous Insufficiency; Varicose Ulcer; Quality of Life; Sclerotherapy.

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