VARICOSE VEINS NONSURGICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS AND SECOND WAVE RADIO FREQUENCY CATHETERS FOR TREATING VARICOSE VEINS

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Yet another story about varicose vein treatments with and without surgery as well as some possible complications has been published. "Though experts debate which of the nonsurgical techniques for varicose veins is best, one study has found that patients treated with laser were 33 percent more likely to have pain and 50 percent more likely to require drugs to manage post procedural pain than people treated with these radio frequency catheters" for the veins. The article says that the newer second wave radio frequency varicose vein catheters are having a very high success rate at keeping the veins closed after treatment. (Sometimes varicose veins reopen after treatment)



It used to be that doctors primarily used vein stripping to remove varicose veins. There are now several methods to treat varicose veins. The newer vein treatment methods tend to have less trauma and faster recovery times. Veins have one-way valves composed of two leaflets that close together when filled with blood. The closed valve of the vein prevents blood from flowing back into the leg. Varicose veins have valves that become damaged and fail to function properly (become incompetent) blood can become static in the leg. If the valve is not closing properly blood falls back down and causes pressure sideways. You see varicose veins.



In one of the relatively newer varicose vein methods, radio frequency ablation, the doctor puts a very small tube called a catheter into the varicose vein. Once inside, the catheter sends out radio frequency energy (radio waves) that shrink and seal the vein wall. Healthy veins around the closed vein restore the normal flow of blood. As this happens, symptoms from the varicose vein improve. Veins on the surface of the skin that are connected to the treated varicose vein will also usually shrink after treatment. When needed, these connected varicose veins can be treated with sclerotherapy or other techniques.

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"As with any vein treatment, complications can arise. Doctors worry most about blood clots.... A clot can be treated with blood thinners, but if unrecognized, it can migrate to the heart or lungs and cause death. In August, VNUS Medical Technologies, the manufacturer of the radio-frequency device, sent a letter to all users revising its instructions in response to a low but noticeable trend in blood clots. Burning and tingling can also occur, but...these effects are rare".





"Sometimes, a heat-sealed vein reopens to fail yet again. But preliminary data from a 13-center international study suggest that such failures with these second-wave radio-frequency catheters are rare and that veins are still shut a year later in about 96 percent of the cases".

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