| 1. | Complications of sclerotherapy are rare but can include blood clots and ulceration.
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| 2. | The two main therapeutic approaches are variceal ligation or banding and sclerotherapy.
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| 3. | In some cases stroke and transient ischemic attacks have occurred after sclerotherapy.
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| 4. | But sclerotherapy, some say, should not be used on the face.
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| 5. | Sclerotherapy eventually causes the vein to collapse and disappear in a few weeks.
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| 6. | Treatment includes laser and radiofrequency ablation, and sclerotherapy.
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| 7. | Non-surgical treatments include sclerotherapy, elastic stockings, leg elevation and exercise.
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| 8. | Treatment options are usually support stockings, occasionally sclerotherapy and rarely, limited surgery.
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| 9. | Sclerotherapy is a non-invasive procedure taking only about 10 minutes to perform.
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| 10. | A second European Consensus Meeting on Foam Sclerotherapy in 2006 has now been published.
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