What are varicose veins and what harm can they do?

Mr Usman Jaffer explains that there is a risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis following varicose veins surgery and that this risk is likely reduced significantly by being active following the procedure.

What are varicose veins?The text book definition of varicose veins is that they are tortuous, dilated, superficial veins. This just means that they are lumpy visible veins in the leg.What do they look

This lady has kindly agreed to share her experience from varicose veins treatment. After diagnosis was established that varicose veins were responsible for her symptoms she underwent venous ablation. Procedure was carried out with ultrasound guidance under locala anaesthesia as a day case.

This lady has kindly agreed to share her experience from varicose veins procedure. She underwent endovenous ablation of incompetent vein under local anaesthesia as a day case procedure.

This short animated explainer video talks about the technique of foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins.

This lady describes her experience of venous ablation surgery for varicose veins