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  2. 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 ...

  3. CHIVA method - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Does Medicare Cover Treatment for Varicose Veins? - AOL

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    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 ...

  5. Vascular surgery - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Sclerotherapy - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Endovenous laser treatment - Wikipedia

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    Endovenous laser treatment treats varicose veins using an optical fiber that is inserted into the vein to be treated, and laser light, normally in the infrared portion of the spectrum, [1] shines into the interior of the vein. This causes the vein to contract, and the optical fiber is slowly withdrawn.

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