Effects of Two Current Great Saphenous Vein Thermal Ablation Methods on Visual Analog Scale and Quality of Life

Table 3

Postoperative changes of the CEAP clinical classification of the patients: both of the groups consist of mostly class C₂-C₃ patients. Postoperative improvements for the CEAP clinic class were maintained during follow-up.

	Preop	1st week	3rd month	6th month	1st year
	RFA ()
C0 (%)	0 (0)	14 (34)	14 (34)	21 (52)	8 (62)
C1 (%)	1 (2)	26 (64)	26 (64)	18 (44)	4 (30)
C2 (%)	24 (59)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (2)	0 (0)
C3 (%)	15 (37)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
(%)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (8)
	EVLA ()
C0 (%)	0 (0)	25 (45)	25 (45)	32 (58)	17 (63)
C1 (%)	1 (2)	27 (49)	28 (51)	21 (38)	9 (33)
C2 (%)	34 (61)	0 (0)	1 (2)	1 (2)	0 (0)
C3 (%)	19 (35)	2 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
(%)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (2)	1 (4)