Marc E. Vuylsteke

TL;DR: In this article , the authors present guidelines for the management of chronic venous disease in outpatients, including the use of ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy and endovenous non-thermal ablation.

TL;DR: Several factors play an important role in the mechanism of endovenous laser ablation, and direct energy absorption by the vein wall is the most efficient mechanism.

TL;DR: CVD is a very common disease, which is underestimated, the prevalence increases with age, generates incapacity to work, and worsens the patients' quality of life.

TL;DR: The ELT of veins produces an unevenly distributed damage and the cell necrosis is far more extensive than expected, which can lead to recanalization.

TL;DR: Evaluated endovenous laser ablation using the tulip catheter avoids ulceration and perforation of the vein associated with treatment using a bare fibre and results in more even circumferential vein wall necrosis and less perivenous tissue destruction.