Varicose veins may cause cosmetic distress, but they can also cause symptoms related to underlying venous disease. Ambulatory phlebectomy can help remove varicose veins and manage leg discomfort.

Varicose veins are an early manifestation of chronic venous insufficiency. Although the risk factors associated with varicose veins are well described, the basic pathophysiology leading to venous ...

Transilluminated powered phlebectomy is used to treat varicose veins, which affect 25% to 33% of women and 10% to 15% of men. Varicose veins are a sign of underlying venous insufficiency. People with ...

Vein ligation and stripping is generally done on large varicose veins. It also can be done to prevent venous skin ulcers from returning after treatment. You want to get rid of varicose veins for ...

Dr. Peter Lawrence, UCLA's chief of vascular surgery, picks up size 7 crochet hooks from a fabric store — not to make sweaters or scarves but to use in a new technique he has developed to treat ...

UCLA's chief of vascular surgery picks up size 7 crochet hooks from a fabric store -- not to make sweaters or scarves but to use in a new technique he has developed to treat varicose veins. Early ...

Phlebectomy (also called microphlebectomy) is a procedure that removes varicose veins through small incisions (cuts) in the skin. This procedure helps treat and manage varicose vein symptoms, ...

Just as ablative catheter techniques have made open ligation and stripping a historic procedure, new techniques in the removal of varicose veins are challenging traditional stab phlebectomy. In the ...

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is examining transilluminated powered phlebectomy for varicose veins and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS in England and Wales ...