Laser Surgery For Varicose Veins In Legs

The term varicose comes from the latin root varix which means twisted.

Laser surgery for varicose veins in legs.

The first line of treatment for your varicose veins those knotty enlarged and discolored veins caused by blood pooling in the legs usually involves lifestyle changes and compression. Popular treatment options for spider and varicose veins on the legs include sclerotherapy which uses injections of a sclerosing agent to close visible veins. This procedure is performed on an outpatient basis. Endovenous laser ablation using the cooltouch ctev device involves the insertion of laser heating directly into the vein collapsing it without damaging surrounding skin tissue or vessels.

Both legs contain a system of deep veins which are buried within the muscles of your leg and a system of superficial veins which run just underneath your skin. A laser is a device that sends a thin beam of radiation in the form of light. Laser surgery is one of the most effective ways of curing this condition. As we know veins carry blood from all parts of the body to the heart.

Endovenous laser varicose vein surgery is a procedure that uses heat from a laser to reduce varicose veins. Varicose veins are twisted veins that mainly affect the legs and the feet. Your surgeon uses a thin video camera inserted in your leg to visualize and close varicose veins and then removes the veins through small incisions. Varicose veins are enlarged and twisted veins in your leg.