A Health Technology Assessment found that sclerotherapy provided less benefit than surgery, but is likely to provide a small benefit in varicose veins without reflux.
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The biggest risk, however, seems to occur with sclerotherapy, especially in terms of systemic risk of DVT, pulmonary embolism, and stroke.
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Foam sclerotherapy or ambulatory phlebectomy is often performed at the time of the procedure or within the first 1 2 weeks to treat branch varicose veins.
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Sclerotherapy was better than surgery in terms of treatment success, complication rate and cost at one year, but surgery was better after five years.
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The European Consensus Meeting on Foam Sclerotherapy in 2003 concluded that " Foam sclerotherapy allows a skilled practitioner to treat larger veins including saphenous trunks ".
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The European Consensus Meeting on Foam Sclerotherapy in 2003 concluded that " Foam sclerotherapy allows a skilled practitioner to treat larger veins including saphenous trunks ".
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Sclerotherapy is one method, along with surgery, radiofrequency and laser ablation, for treatment of spider veins, occasionally varicose veins, and venous malformations.
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Sclerotherapy under ultrasound guidance and using microfoam sclerosants has been shown to be effective in controlling reflux from the sapheno-femoral and sapheno-popliteal junctions.
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The process is called sclerotherapy, and these days it's the most common weapon wielded against veins . ( Sturrock, Palm Beach Post ) MOVED.
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Endoscopic techniques used in the treatment include epinephrine injection followed by bipolar or monopolar electrocoagulation, injection sclerotherapy, heater probe, laser photocoagulation, hemoclipping or banding.
