Cryostripping
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Invasive, phlebo-surgical method for the treatment of trunk varicosis.
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The advantages of cryostripping are short operating times (approx. 45 minutes) and good cosmetic results. However, Babcock stripping of V. saphena magna remains the gold standard!
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- Carried out under anaesthetic.
- 3-4 cm long incision above the hiatus saphenus in the groin
- Blunt dissection of the junction of the V. saphena magna with depiction of the venous star, the crusts and, if possible, all of their lateral branches (see crossectomy).
- Ligation of the V. saphena magna at its confluence with the V. femoralis, ligation of the lateral branches.
- Introduction of a steel probe, at the tip of which the discharge of nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide leads to extreme evaporative cooling (- 85 °C).
- The cold leads to the vein sticking to the metal probe.
- Then extraction without a second skin incision.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Breuninger H et al (2001) Cryostripping of the long saphenous vein with a percutaneously guided probe. Dermatol Surgery 27: 545-548