Higher CEAP Classification Is Associated with Lower Odds of Improvement in Patient-Reported Outcomes After Endovenous Thermal Ablation

Endovenous thermal ablation (EVTA) of superficial lower extremity veins performed with laser or radiofrequency ablation has high rates of technical success. However, it is unknown how improvement in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after EVTA is related to the preoperative clinical, etiological, anatomical, and pathophysiological (CEAP) classification. This study investigated whether patients with higher clinical CEAP class have greater perceived symptomatic improvement than patients with lower pre-procedural CEAP classes.