ABSTRACT
Background: Varicose veins are commonly encountered vascular disease with wide variety of surgical and minimally invasive /interventional modes of treatment .we put forth a novel economical and efficient technique of performing high ligation, long saphenous vein stripping and Muller's hook phlebectomy in tumescent local anaesthesia compared with spinal anaesthesia. AIM &OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to compare a novel technique of performing phlebectomy and invagination stripping of the GSV using tumescent anesthesia and spinal anesthesia in terms of post operative pain, complications. Methods: A total of 200 patients (100 patients in each arm of spinal anaesthesia group, and tumescent anaesthesia group) diagnosed cases of varicose vein lower limb being operated with phlebectomy and invagination stripping of the GSV at Surgery Department of Government Medical College and Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala were considered in this study. Consecutive sampling was done. Results: Of these patients, 120 (60%) were female and 40 were male (40%) with a mean age of 35.4 ± 8 and 47.4 ± 14 years, respectively No statistically significant difference with respect to the wound infection, local discomfort, postoperative recurrence rates of varicosity and patients satisfaction score was observed (P > 0.05. Conclusion: Tumescent local anesthesia is a novel, economical and efficient technique of performing high ligation, long saphenous vein stripping and Muller's hook phlebectomy when compared to doing under spinal anaesthesia with similar results.