| |
| | Sclerotherapy for Varicose Veins - Definition, Purpose, Demographics, Description, Diagnosis/Preparation, Aftercare, ... |
 | | The doctor will ask the patient to turn slowly while standing, and will be looking for scars or other signs of trauma, bulges in the skin, areas of discolored skin, or other indications of chronic venous insufficiency. |
 | | Electrodesiccation is a treatment modality whereby the doctor seals off the small blood vessels that cause spider veins by passing a weak electric current through a fine needle to the walls of the veins. |
 | | Electrodesiccation seems to be more effective in treating spider veins in the face than in treating those in the legs; it tends to leave pitted white scars when used to treat spider veins in the legs or feet. |
| www.surgeryencyclopedia.com /Pa-St/Sclerotherapy-for-Varicose-Veins.html (3594 words) |
|