Successful Treatment Of A Chronic Venous Leg Ulcer Using The VenaSeal Closure System
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56885/KDHW278
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Maryana Shlimun, Leslie Summers deLuca PhD and Ahmed Kayssi MD
Abstract: The VenaSeal procedure is a minimally-invasive intervention for the treatment of lower extremity superficial venous insufficiency. The VenaSeal closure system uses a medical-grade cyanoacrylate glue to seal incompetent veins. This adhesive collapses the vein walls, preventing blood flow in the treated incompetent superficial veins and forcing blood to travel in the deep venous circulation. This results in the relief of lower extremity superficial venous congestion and improvement in the side effects of venous insufficiency such as swelling, achiness, symptomatic varicosities, and venous ulcers. In this report, we describe a case of a 62-year-old man who underwent successful VenaSeal therapy of the great saphenous vein (GSV) for treatment of a venous leg ulcer (VLU).