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Forty-one patients underwent small saphenous vein ligation by means of mini-invasive incision with foam sclerotherapy of the popliteal stump (group B).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>At 4.1\u2009\u00b1\u20093.3 years mean follow-up, sapheno-popliteal junction recurrence was detected in four patients of group A (4\/48; 8.3%) and in two cases of group B (3\/41; 7.3%) ( P= ns). Mean procedural time was 36\u2009\u00b1\u200911 minutes versus 21\u2009\u00b1\u20096 minutes ( p&lt;0.0001). A mild post-operative paresthesia lasting more than 24 h was reported in 6.3% (3\/48) of group A versus 2.4% (1\/41) ( p&lt;0.009) of group B. 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