TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - RF Endovenous Occlusion (Closureâ„¢ or ClosureFastâ„¢) A1 - Weiss, Robert A. A1 - Weiss, Margaret A. A1 - Beasley, Karen L. Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Sclerotherapy and Vein Treatment, 2e AB - The development of minimally invasive methods to heat, denature, and contract varicose veins has been a major achievement in vein treatment and medical science, which began at the start of the 21st century. Endovenous ablation has replaced stripping and ligation, procedures that were first described at the beginning of the 20th century. Over 100 years ago, the Mayo stripper, Babcock stripper device, and Keller device were introduced as surgical instruments for avulsing varicose veins through surgical incisions in the groin and several points along the leg.These strippers are basically wires with an acorn-shaped head that pleats up the vein as it avulses the vessel loose from its attachments. These devices are rarely in use today. The Keller device is an internal wire used to pull the vein through itself, and surprisingly is sometimes still utilized even well into the 21st century as a perforation-invagination (PIN) stripper. SN - PB - McGraw Hill LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175621567 ER -