Foam Sclerotherapy : A Textbook

Table of Contents
Contributing authors vii
Foreword 1 ix
Foreword 2 x
Preface xi
Theory
The history of sclerosant foams: persons, techniques, patents and medical improvements Jan-Christoph GR Wollmann 3
Dermatological manifestations of venous insufficiency Kurosh Parsi 13
Sclerotherapy of varicose veins - Guidelines of the German Society of Phlebology Eberhard Rabe Felizitas Pannier
Horst Gerlach Franz Xaver Breu Stefan Guggenbichler Jan-Christoph GR Wollmann 31
Legal guidelines for use of polidocanol and sodium tetradecyl sulfate for sclerotherapy Lowell S Kabnick 43
Practice
The science of producing extemporary foam and its clinical results Alessandro Frullini 55
Ultrasound guidance for therapeutic interventions John Bergan Van Le Cheng 61
A personal method for foam sclerotherapy: technique and results Philip D Coleridge Smith 69
Foam sclerotherapy with and without duplex ultrasound guidance Jean-Jerome Guex Jean-Luc Gillet 79
Foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins: medium-term results as assessed by ultrasound Kenneth Myers DamienJolley
87
Special Considerations
Varisolve polidocanol microfoam compared with surgery or sclerotherapy in the management of varicose veins in the
presence of trunk vein incompetence: European randomized controlled trial David DI Wright Jean Pierre Gobin
Andrew W Bradbury Philip D Coleridge Smith Harry Spoelstra David Berridge Cees HA Wittens Anja Sommer Olle
Nelzen Dennis Chanter$dbehalf of the Varisolve European Phase III Investigators Group 105
Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy of large varicose veins JM Barrett 117
Transition from alcohol to foam sclerotherapy for localized venous malformations with high risk BB Lee John
Bergan 129
Treatment of telangiectasias by sclerosing foam Philippe Kern 141
Comparison of polidocanol and sodium tetradecyl sulfate in the treatment of varicose and telangiectatic leg veins
Mitchel P Goldman 155
Lesser importance of the saphenous vein in varicose vein treatment Paul Pittaluga Sylvain Chastanet 163
Efficacy of polidocanol foam compared with polidocanol liquid in sclerotherapy of venous insufficiency Takashi
Yamaki 177
Studies on safety of foam sclerotherapy Nick Morrison 183
Treatment of recurrent varicose veins by sclerosant foam John Bergan Van Le Cheng 193
Vascular malformations Juan Cabrera Antonio Martinez de la Cuesta Alejandro Sierra 199
Treatment of venous malformations, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and other low-flow lesions with foamed sclerosants John
Bergan Van Le Cheng 219
Epilogue 225
Index 227