What exactly is a vascular diseases outpatient clinic? vascular diseases clinic?
What exactly is a vascular diseases outpatient clinic? vascular diseases clinic?
At the vascular disease clinic, we treat varicose veins, which are caused by improper blood flow or stasis in the veins. Inside the veins, blood stasis increases pressure, causing the veins to stretch excessively and become twisted.
What procedures do we perform at the Vascular Disease Clinic?
What procedures do we perform at the Vascular Disease Clinic?
At the Aristotel Medical Centre, we perform varicose vein surgery via the phlebectomy, which does not impact the larger veins, sclerotherapy for removing superficial or deep varicose veins, and varicose vein laser surgery.
Why an early consultation with a doctor is important
Why an early consultation with a doctor is important
The timely consultation with a doctor plays a key role in the management and treatment of varicose veins – primarily due to the fact that, if the issue is addressed promptly, the patients may choose between different procedures and opt for the least invasive option that is also associated with the quickest recovery.
What causes varicose veins?
What causes varicose veins?
Varicose veins are caused by inadequate blood flow or due to vein congestion. Inside the veins, blood stasis increases pressure, causing the veins to stretch excessively and become twisted.
There exist various risk factors that cause varicose veins. They may be caused by inherent vein wall weakness. However, their appearance is also influenced by obesity, lack of exercise, extended period of standing or sitting during everyday activities, and an unhealthy lifestyle (coffee, smoking, alcohol).
Because of varicose veins, your legs may feel tired, tense, or heavy when standing or sitting for extended periods. Often, legs will swell at the ankle, however, the swelling will subside during sleep. Over time, varicose veins can bring out skin changes, such as itching, tactile sensitivity, dark skin discolouration, redness, thinning of the skin, hardened skin or hypersensitivity. Disease progression can even lead to shin ulcers, bleeding, superficial vein inflammation and blood clotting. Varicose veins can also have an unpleasant appearance.
Laser treatment for varicose veins
Laser treatment for varicose veins
Laser treatment for varicose veins is a modern approach to chronic venous insufficiency treatment which permanently removes diseased and enlarged veins – varicose veins or varicoses – from the venous bloodstream of the legs. A specialist destroys the injured the diseased portion of the vein with laser energy from the inside.
Compared to traditional surgery, laser surgery offers many advantages. It is performed as an outpatient procedure, under local anaesthesia and mild sedation, and no general anaesthesia is necessary. The surgery is extremely precise as it is performed using ultrasound.
Laser treatment for varicose veins
Under ultrasound guidance, a special optical fibre is introduced into the damaged vein, through which high-energy laser is delivered, thermally damaging and sealing off the entire vein length. The function of the closed vein is assumed by the deep veins that lie between the muscles. Finally, small varicose veins are surgically removed through 2mm holes in the skin.
Sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy helps cure varicose veins. However, sclerotherapy often results in dark pigmentation appearing on the skin and usually required several therapies spaced 4 to 6 weeks apart. Smaller veins usually require only one varicose vein surgery, while larger or longer vein segments require a treatment programme comprised of several procedures.
Phlebectomy
Phlebectomy
Phlebectomy is an outpatient procedure or surgery on varicose veins under local anaesthesia. During the procedure, visible varicose veins are removed via small incisions in the skin that leave no scarring. The vascular surgeon makes minimal 1–2 mm incisions in the skin and removes through these incisions. Outpatient phlebectomy can be used to remove both asymptomatic (i.e., which cause no problems) and symptomatic (i.e., which cause problems) varicose veins. The procedure may be combined with other varicose vein treatment methods.
“This technique allows for the removal of the affected veins with minimal scarring and a short recovery time. It is conducted under local anaesthesia and is suitable for patients with isolated or minor varicose veins.”
You leave one hour after the procedure is completed. Immediately after the procedure, you will be able to walk and return to your daily activities, with the exclusion of exercise and heavy lifting.
A few weeks following the operation, you will have to wear compression stockings as instructed by your doctor. Small cuts in the skin heal within a few days and, after 6 to 12 months, virtually disappear.
Furthermore, sclerotherapy is painless and safe, and after therapy, the patient can engage in all activities without restrictions. After varicose vein surgery via sclerotherapy, your leg is wrapped with a bandage, which you should wear 3 to 5 days, even at night. After a couple of days, the bandage is replaced with an appropriate compression stocking.
Petra Tomaževič Pupić, MD, states:
Petra Tomaževič Pupić, MD, states:
“At the Aristotel Health Centre, we are committed to demystifying the varicose vein treatment using state-of-the-art methods such as endovenous laser therapy, microphlebectomy and sclerotherapy, which minimise discomfort and reduce recovery time.”
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