Aim: To report the outcome of a series of patients with chronic venous disease due to incompetence of saphenous trunks managed by ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy (UFS). Patients and Methods: A group of 808 patients comprise this series. CEAP clinical class for limbs was C1:…
Abstract: The sclerosant hydroxypolyethoxydodecan (HDP) was studied in rats, and the results were compared with those from a previous study of tetradecyl sulphate of sodium (TSS). There appeared to be no significante difference between the two. The sclerosant efficiency increase with increasing concentration up to…
Summary: The current practice of operating upon patients with varicose veins as the treatment of choice costs more than £15 million a year. The bulk of this expense is due to the length of time that patients are kept in the ward. If they were…
Foam Sclerotherapy VideoThis video shows the techniques which we use to treat varicose veins by foam sclerotherapy, a modern mininimally invasive technique.
Sclerotherapy is an especially useful technique for the common problem of varicose veins because it avoids a surgical procedure. The problem with normal sclerotherapy is that it trats the superficial varices adequately, but does not address the cause of the varices – incompetence of the…
In one hour my varicose veins were cured – by inections of foam… “A Doctor is pioneering a new treatment for varicose veins without the need for painful surgery. Tradiotionally, the large, ugly, blue veins that affect men and women have to be removed removed…
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