Just as ablative catheter techniques have made open ligation and stripping a historic procedure, new techniques in the removal of varicose veins are challenging traditional stab phlebectomy.

Varicose veins (VVs) classically result from venous hypertension owing to incompetence of the major communications between the superficial and deep veins of the lower extremity. In a significant ...

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. OKAY, SO MAYBE FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN’T FAMILIAR, WHAT ARE VARICOSE VEINS? SURE. SO VARICOSE VEINS ARE JUST A LARGE, TORTUOUS VEINS THAT YOU CAN OFTEN SEE ON YOUR SKIN.

Varicose veins frequently occur, especially in individuals who spend substantial time either sitting or standing. Compression socks, a particular type of hosiery, can assist in relieving symptoms ...

But ablation won’t remove varicose veins. For that, you’ll have to have sclerotherapy, an office procedure where a surgeon injects a substance called a sclerosant into the veins to break them ...

For those looking to have varicose veins professionally removed, there are a few different options. Sclerotherapy is a solution or foam, such as a sale-solution, that’s injected into the veins. It ...

Other services he will provide include Doppler tests for arterial disease, radiofrequency ablation treatment, and foam sclerotherapy and injection sclerotherapy of varicose veins. “If varicose veins ...

Compared to surgical treatment, percutaneous sclerotherapy is associated with a relatively lower trauma and has a lower cost (5). Polidocanol, a sclerosant, is widely used in the treatment of VMs. It ...