Varicose Vein Excision Procedure Causes Severe Skin Necrosis

Case Overview

This case involves a 54-year-old female patient that underwent a varicose vein excision procedure. The patient underwent a left great saphenous vein radio frequency ablation approach but the following morning she experienced several complications including a significant portion skin sloughing that came off her upper thigh. The patient was treated with silver sulfate cream on the wound and was referred to a plastic surgeon by the original treating surgeon. The surgeon that performed the procedure claimed that the catheter was defective and may have caused the complications.