Medical Treatment of Varicose Veins

The Treatment of Varicose Veins

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Operative Treatment of Varicose Veins

On the same day Mr. Marshall, in the University College Hospital, operated in the following manner on varicose veins of the right leg in a young woman :?A bandage was first applied round the limb, just above the knee-joint, in order to produce distension of the affected veins. Under the thickest masses of varix "were passed large broad needles, resembling very much those formerly used for inser...

The treatment of varicose veins.

INTRODUCTION Over the past few years, there has been a move to less invasive endoluminal methods in the treatment of lower limb varicose veins combined with a renewed interest in sclerotherapy, with the recent addition of foam sclerotherapy. The development of these new techniques has led many to question some of the more conventional teaching on the treatment of varicose veins. This review exa...

Treatment of Varicose Veins/Venous Insufficiency

Policy Statements Greater or Lesser Saphenous Veins Treatment of the greater or lesser saphenous veins by surgery (ligation and stripping) or endovenous radiofrequency or laser ablation may be considered medically necessary for symptomatic varicose veins/venous insufficiency when the following criteria have been met:  There is demonstrated saphenous reflux; AND  There is documentation of one ...

The Injection Treatment of Varicose Veins