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.

This specialist can evaluate your situation and suggest specific treatments or other methods such as sclerotherapy, laser therapy, or surgical removal of varicose veins. Read also: Horse chestnut: the ...

Known as varicose veins, these blood vessels, which return blood from the legs to the heart, are actually a more superficial system. The real, working venous system for the legs lies deeper ...

Vascular specialists will usually decide whether to recommend the removal of varicose veins and what way to proceed. If at least one of the following points applies, then you might be better off ...

Once this happens, nearby healthy veins take over. Another option for varicose vein removal is called sclerotherapy, or injection therapy. During this procedure, a special solution is injected ...

Sclerotherapy is a widely-used, minimally invasive procedure for treating varicose veins and spider veins. The process ...