Table (1).

Distribution of the preoperative demographics.

Demographics	Items	EVLA cases		RFA Case		Surgery case		All
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age	<25	3	6.0	6	12	5	10	14	9.33
	25–34	19	38.0	15	30	16	32	50	33.33
	35–44	17	34.0	17	34	21	42	55	36.67
	45–54	9	18.0	10	20	6	12	25	16.67
	>54	2	4.0	2	4	2	4	6	4.00
	Mean ± S.D	37.16 ± 8.51		38.24 ± 9.99		36.56 ± 8.74		37.32 ± 9.07
Sex	Male	21	42.0	23	46	19	38	63	42.00
	Female	29	58.0	27	54	31	62	87	58.00
Site	Right	15	30.0	21	42	24	48	60	40.00
	Left	19	38.0	16	32	22	44	57	38.00
	Bilateral	16	32.0	13	26	4	8	33	22.00
Pain	No	50	100.0	48	96	50	100	148	98.67
	Yes	0	0.0	2	4	0	0	2	1.33
Disfigurement	No	0	0.0	2	4	0	0	2	1.33
	Yes	50	100.0	48	96	50	100	148	98.67
Job	Employ	7	14.0	8	16	12	24	27	18.00
	Free lance	1	2.0	8	16	3	6	12	8.00
	Housewife	27	54.0	21	42	25	50	73	48.67
	Barber	8	16.0	7	14	3	6	18	12.00
	Restaurant	7	14.0	6	12	7	14	20	13.33
Smoking	No	41	82.0	43	86	39	78	123	82.00
	Yes	9	18.0	7	14	11	22	27	18.00
Comorbidities	No	44	88.0	49	98	42	84	135	90.00
	Yes	6	12.0	1	2	8	16	15	10.00
	Obese	3	50.0	0	0	5	62.5	8	53.33
If Yes	HTN	3	50.0	1	100	1	12.5	5	33.33
	type 2DM	0	0.0	0	0	2	25	2	13.34
	Total	6	100.0	1	100	8	100	15	10.00
BMI	Underweight	0	0.0	0	0	2	4	2	1.33
	Normal weight	21	42.0	23	46	26	52	70	46.67
	Over Weight	27	54.0	26	52	18	36	71	47.33
	Obese	2	4.0	1	2	4	8	7	4.67
	Mean ± S.D	24.86 ± 3.07		24.14 ± 2.99		24.42 ± 3.86		24.47 ± 3.32
General exam	1	38	76.0	46	92	49	98	133	88.67
	2	12	24.0	4	8	1	2	17	11.33
Total		50	50	100.0	50	100	50	100	150