Laser Treatment Of Leg Telangiectasias

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Is 1064 nm YAG Laser better than sclerotherapy to treat leg veins?

Detailed Description
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Comparison between laser and sclerotherapy in the treatment of telangiectasias of legs.

Official Title
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Aavaliação do Tratamento de Telangiectasias Dos Membros Inferiores Com Laser 1064mm

Conditions
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Leg Veins

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: 1064 Nd:YAG laser


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: patients with leg telangiectasias Exclusion Criteria: varicose veins DVT pregnancy

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: One leg laser ando the other sclerotherapy.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: laser, leg veins, sclerotherapy<br>to compare laser and sclerotherapy on treating leg veins | Procedure: 1064 Nd:YAG laser<br>* 1064 laser - 135J 25ms spot 3mm GLicose - 75% - 3 ml<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Changes analysis after treatments of leg telangiectasias´clearance through photography using a scale of improvement. | Patients are asked about the best method to treat leg veins after three treatments of laser and three treatments of sclerotherapy. Evaluation of the photographic improvement of the treated areas on a scale of 0 (no improvement) to 10 (complete cleaning of the vessels). | Analysis of photographic changes previous, and one week after treatment. Patient reanalysis after 1 and 3 months | 
| Changes analysis after treatments of leg telangiectasias´clearance using a questionnaire to classify the pain | Patients are asked about the best method to treat leg veins after three treatments of laser. All patients were asked to respond to a questionnaire classifying the pain (none, little, very painful or extremely painful). | 1 week after treatment | 
| Changes analysis after treatments of leg telangiectasias´clearance using a questionnaire to classify the cleaning of vessels | Patients are asked about the best method to treat leg veins after three treatments of laser. All patients were asked to respond to a questionnaire classifying the cleaning of vessels (poor, regular, good or excellent) | 1 week after treatment | 
| Changes analysis after treatments of leg telangiectasias´clearance using a questionnaire to classify the satisfaction with results | Patients are asked about the best method to treat leg veins after three treatments of laser. All patients were asked to respond to a questionnaire classifying satisfaction with results (nothing, little or much | 1 week after treatment | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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laser, telangiectasias, leg veins, sclerotherapy