Mandy Wong, Kurosh Parsi, Kenneth Myers, Marianne De Maeseneer, Joseph Caprini, Attilio Cavezzi, David E Connor, Alun H Davies, Sergio Gianesini, Jean-Luc Gillet, Louis Grondin, Jean-Jérôme Guex, Claudine Hamel-Desnos, Nick Morrison, Giovanni Mosti, Alvaro Orrego, Hugo Partsch, Eberhard Rabe, Pauline Raymond-Martimbeau, Michel Schadeck, Roberto Simkin, Lorenzo Tessari, Paul K Thibault, Jorge H Ulloa, Mark Whiteley, Takashi Yamaki, Steven Zimmet, Mina Kang, Selene Vuong, Anes Yang, Lois Zhang
BACKGROUND: Sclerotherapy is a non-invasive procedure commonly used to treat superficial venous disease, vascular malformations and other ectatic vascular lesions. While extremely rare, sclerotherapy may be complicated by serious adverse events. OBJECTIVES: To categorise contraindications to sclerotherapy based on the available scientific evidence. METHODS: An international, multi-disciplinary panel of phlebologists reviewed the available scientific evidence and developed consensus where evidence was lacking or limited...
May 2023: Phlebology