Patient, operative, and surgeon factors that influence the effect of superficial venous surgery on disease-specific quality of life

Background and objective Superficial venous surgery for CEAP 2 disease leads to an improvement in disease-specific quality of life (QoL) in the short term. However, which factors influence the magnitude of this improvement, how surgery affects QoL in patients with CEAP 4 to 6 disease, and whether this improvement is durable are not known. The objective of this study was to identify patient, operative, and surgeon factors that might influence the change in disease-specific QoL in the 2 years after superficial venous surgery. Methods This prospective study was comprised of 203 unselected, consecutive patients with CEAP 2 to 6 disease who underwent saphenous with or without subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery and who completed the Aberdeen Varicose Vein Symptoms Severity Score…