A RANDOMIZED COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PROPOFOL INFUSION VERSUS SEVOFLURANE AS THE SOLE AMBULATORY ANAESTHETIC MAINTENANCE AGENT IN VARICOSE VEINS FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY.

Foam sclerotherapy as a surgical procedure for varicose vein has increased in popularity because it is easier, minimally invasive, early ambulation, less post operative morbidity and mortality and less complications. It can treat superficial veins, small and great saphenous vein varicosities as well as incompetent perforators, advanced varicosities with skin lesions and ulcers, by sclerosant agent injection directly with or without the help of vascular ultrasound in obese individuals, in thin veins and in difficulty to access the veins during injection of foam. Study was performed by the anaesthesiology department using general anaesthesia for patient comfort, early ambulation and discharge, avoiding regional anaesthesia.