Vein Treatment

The venous system in the lower extremity is composed of the deep and superficial veins connected via multiple communicating or perforator veins. The deep veins are the principal vessels which are responsible in delivering the blood back to the heart from the legs. The superficial veins consist of two major trunks called the long and short saphenous veins. All the superficial veins big and small eventually drain into the deep veins, either through perforators or through their main trunks at the groin or the back of the knee. Superficial veins exhibit a great variety of permutations of their anatomy so that no two legs are the same. The advent of ultrasound scanning technology has accelerated our understanding of venous disease and revolutionized the treatment of varicose veins by allowing the visualization and treatment of the diseased vein segments at the source.

An individual may present with different types of vessels forming a complex network of varicose vein segments and various procedures are presently available. Surgery and sclerotherapy are not antagonistic to each other but are complimentary options that may be combined, depending on the pattern of varicosities exhibited in a particular patient.