PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2019 October; 10(4): e0023. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2019 October 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10377.

Table 1.

Comparison of Unilateral to Bilateral Transilluminated Powered Phlebectomy (TIPP).

Demographics and Surgical Details	Unilateral TIPP (n=34)	Bilateral TIPP (n=32)	All Patients	P Value Unilateral versus Bilateral
Median age (range), y	57 (25–72)	48.5 (26–84)	50.5 (25–84)	0.095

Gender
Females, n (%)	25 (53.2)	22 (46.8)	47 (71.2)	0.889
Males, n (%)	9 (47.4)	10 (52.6)	19 (28.8)

Median length of surgery (range), minutes	61.5 (27–116)	83 (24–142)	72.5 (24–142)	<0.001

Median pain score (range)	5 (0–10)	7 (2–10)	6 (0–10)	0.031

VCSS^*
Before surgery	6 (2–16)	7 (2–13)	6 (2–16)	0.096
After surgery	3 (0–9)	4 (0–17)	3 (0–17)	0.049

^*Data on three patients undergoing unilateral TIPP missing.

TIPP, transilluminated powered phlebectomy; VCSS, Venous Clinical Severity score.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2019 October; 10(4): e0023. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2019 October 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10377