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What are treatments for a varicose vein?

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Dr. Rafael Lugo answered

Specializes in General Surgery

Depends on size : Varicose veins can be treated with hoses, injection, surgery, laser. The best way to know is to get evaluated by a vein specialist, usually a surgeon.

Answered 3/6/2015

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Dr. Ted King answered

A number of things: I would see a vein specialist/phlebologist. A venous ultrasound of your leg veins should be done to find the cause of your varicose veins and make a treatment recommendation. A treatment option that helps symptoms but doesn't make the veins go away is compression stockings. Other more definitive options include laser or radiofrequency ablation, ambulatory phlebectomy, and/or sclerotherapy.

Answered 7/23/2012

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Dr. William Forsythe answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Several: Rf/evlt which is radio frequency or endovenous laser therapy. This is when a vein is heated from the inside through a minimally invasive technique to address the abnormal veins. Microphlebectomy is a series of tiny incisions, 1-2 mm in size, to remove tortuous and bulging varicosities.

Answered 5/17/2016

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Dr. John Landi answered

Specializes in Phlebology

Multiple options.: Varicose veins are due to leaking (refluxing) valves usually in the saphenous vein system. There is a gold standard of treatment and lesser ways to treat these veins. The gold standard is to have a venous reflux exam and laser closure of the leaking valves followed by microphlebectomies or sclerothrapy of the vv. Lesser treatments would be support hose and observation. See a vein specialist.

Answered 4/15/2014

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Varicose veins: It depends on cause Spider veins sclerotherapy Larger veins thermal ablation

Answered 4/2/2017

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