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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 ...
One study found that with CHIVA, recurrences was 18% rather than 35% with high ligation and stripping after 10 years follow-up. [3] Patient symptoms at 10 years, however, did not differ. [3] The CHIVA and the stripping methods are equivalent regarding recurrence of varicose veins, but the CHIVA method may slightly reduce nerve injury and hematoma.
Both Debout and Cassaignaic reported success in treating varicose veins by injecting perchlorate of iron in 1853. [8] 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]
A doctor will usually deem treatment for your varicose veins a medical necessity if: your varicose veins are interfering with your quality of life. you experience symptoms such as leg pain ...
The Australian Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) in 2008 has determined that endovenous laser treatment 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."
A medical illustration of lower extremity varicose veins. Lower extremity varicose veins is the condition in which the superficial veins become tortuous (snakelike) and dilated (enlarged) to greater than 3 mm (0.12 in) in the upright position. [24] Incompetent or faulty valves are often present in these veins when investigated with duplex ...
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