NCT02051439

The Party Balloon Assisted Valsalva in Diagnosis of Superficial Venous Valvular Reflux of Lower Limb

A Comparison of the Party Balloon Assisted Valsalva With Conventional Valsalva Maneuver in Diagnosis of Superficial Venous Valvular Reflux of Lower Limb

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mahidol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was designed to compare the party balloon assisted Valsalva with the conventional Valsava for exhibiting the reverse venous flow in superficial venous valvular incompetence duplex examination.

Detailed description

In this study, we compared the Party Balloon assisted Valsalva with Conventional Valsalva maneuver in diagnosis of superficial venous valvular reflux of lower limb by crossover study.

Conditions

• Varicose Veins
• Venous Insufficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Valsava	The patients were randomized to 2 groups. The first group performed conventional Valsava 3 times before balloon assisted Valsava 3 times. The second group performed balloon assisted Valsava 3 times before conventional Valsava 3 times for venous reflux examination by duplex scan.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2014-01-31
• Last updated: 2014-01-31