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Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2020 Jun 2;9(2):369–376. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.05.016

Table II.

Procedure-specific complications for patients undergoing ablation and phlebectomy compared with ablation alone

	Ablation only (n = 1376), No. (%)	Ablation and phlebectomy (n = 1999), No. (%)	P value
Any complication	65 (8.4)	132 (8.7)	.820
DVT	13 (1.7)	14 (0.9)	.150
Bleeding requiring intervention	0	0
Skin blistering	1 (0.1)	4 (0.3)	.669
Hematoma	1 (0.1)	11 (0.7)	.071
Paresthesia	10 (1.3)	68 (4.5)	<.001
Pigmentation	15 (2.0)	9 (0.6)	.004
Superficial phlebitis	11 (1.4)	11 (0.7)	.116
Induced ulcer requiring intervention	1 (0.1)	3 (0.2)	1.000
Wound infection	6 (0.8)	4 (0.3)	.096
Proximal thrombus extension	9 (1.2)	10 (0.7)	.227

DVT, Deep venous thrombosis.