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  2. CHIVA method - Wikipedia

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    The CHIVA and the stripping methods are equivalent regarding recurrence of varicose veins, but the CHIVA method may slightly reduce nerve injury and hematoma. The CHIVA method is also equivalent to either radio frequency ablation or endovenous laser therapy regarding recurrence and side effects.

  3. Vein stripping - Wikipedia

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    Vein stripping is a surgical procedure done under general or local anaesthetic to aid in the treatment of varicose veins and other manifestations of chronic venous disease. The vein "stripped" (pulled out from under the skin using minimal incisions) is usually the great saphenous vein. The surgery involves making incisions (usually the groin ...

  4. Sclerotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Desgranges in 1854 cured 16 cases of varicose veins by injecting iodine and tannin into the veins. [7] This was approximately 12 years after the probable advent of great saphenous vein stripping in 1844 by Madelung. [8] However, due to high rates of side-effects with the drugs used at the time, sclerotherapy had been practically abandoned by ...

  5. Medicare and varicose vein treatment: Is it covered? - AOL

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    Medicare does not generally cover procedures that it considers cosmetic. This may include an ablation procedure to seal off a vein, which is a common treatment for varicose veins. However, if a ...

  6. Varicose veins - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) in 2008 determined that endovenous laser treatment/ablation (ELA) for varicose veins "appears to be more effective in the short term, and at least as effective overall, as the comparative procedure of junction ligation and vein stripping for the treatment of varicose veins."

  7. Chronic venous insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    Tying off the vein with an endoscope. Valve repair (experimental) Valve transposition (experimental) Hemodynamic surgeries. Venous insufficiency conservative, hemodynamic and ambulatory treatment (CHIVA method) is an ultrasound guided, minimally invasive surgery strategic for the treatment of varicose veins, performed under local anaesthetic. [16]

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