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What would cause GSV to recanalize & how would I know if this was going to happen to me?

Luminous343978Apr 7, 2023
I keep hearing about people who had evlt. And recurrence of gsv opening back up months or weeks or sometimes years later. And them being in more pain and having multiple ablations. Why? What would cause that. How would i know if that's going to happen to me?

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