A GRAN spent her last years in “absolute agony” after undergoing a common treatment in the hopes of looking her best for her granddaughter’s wedding. Retired nurse Yvonne ...

“Larger veins may need to be removed under local anesthesia, but sometimes the veins that are causing the varicose veins ― referred to as the axial vein ― need to be treated with an ablation ...

While at-home, over-the-counter, and prescription treatments can improve symptoms and prevent varicose veins from worsening, sclerotherapy or endovenous ablation are sometimes needed to eliminate ...

Varicose veins are an early manifestation of chronic ... the great saphenous vein largely a historic procedure. Endovenous ablation using catheter-based techniques achieve vein closure with ...

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 ...

Varicose veins are twisted, enlarged veins near the surface of the skin. They're most common in the legs and ankles. They usually aren't serious. Sclerotherapy uses an injection of a special chemical ...

The widower of a woman who underwent treatment for varicose veins said she was left in "agony" by severe scarring and skin ...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a minimally invasive ... For example, if you need the procedure to treat varicose veins, you’ll need to show that you don’t have an aneurysm, thrombosis ...

The fiber sends out laser energy that destroys the diseased portion of your varicose vein. The vein closes and your body eventually absorbs it. Closure ablation. Ablation involves the insertion of a ...

As a result of superficial valve incompetence, high pressure is transmitted to small subcutaneous veins, which become dilated tortuous clusters of varicose veins (Figure 1B). Although valve reflux ...

Varicose veins occur when blood flow to the legs is ... patients treated with radiofrequency ablation reported less post-procedural pain than those treated with endovenous laser ablation.