Adrenaline Reduces Ecchymoses and Hematomas and Improves Quality of Life After Classic Saphenous Vein Stripping

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-06-10
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Aim of the present study is to investigate the efficiency of adrenaline (epinephrine) used locally in reducing and avoiding post-operative formation of subcutaneous ecchymoses and hematomas, in comparison with traditional practice of hemostasis, and to assess improvement in the quality of life of subjects undergoing classic great saphenous vein stripping, who received or did not receive adrenaline as a local hemostatic.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Junior Doctors Network-Hellas
• Collaborators: Andreas Papandreou Rhodes General Hospital; Hellenic Red Cross Hospital
• Treatments: Epinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18-80 years

• CVI CEAP Class II or III

• Informed consent signed

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age <18 or >80 years

• CVI CEAP Class I or IV (venous ulcers)

• Allergy to adrenaline history

• No informed consent signed