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Can treatments reduce bleeding from Varicose Veins?
Varicose veins is a common condition where the veins of typically the lower limbs are swollen and enlarged and can often cause bleeding. In this video, Dr. Machin tells us why treatment of the main incompetent vein and use of foam sclerotherapy does help to reduce bleeding from varicose veins.
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Does treating the varicose veins reduce the chances of bleeding? Yes, it does. Treating someone's varicose veins reduces the chance of the bleeding occurring again. There is a class one recommendation from the European Society of Vascular Surgeons for treatment of someone's varicose veins after having a bleeding event. This tends to occur in two steps or it can be done in the same sitting. You have treatment for the main incompetent vein in the leg and then some directly guarded foam sclerotherapy to the area that was bleeding. There are two main components to the intervention that we would perform. The first is to treat the main incompetent vein in the lower limb and that treats the venous hypertension and the second is to use some foam sclerotherapy to the area that was bleeding to try and treat that really locally. you
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