TREATMENT OF VARICOSE-VEINS BY COMPRESSION SCLEROTHERAPY

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 151  (3) , 353-356
Abstract
Treatment by compression sclerotherapy was carried out in 80 [human] legs with sympatomatic varicose veins. Excellent results were achieved initially in 60 legs, and there was improvement after retreatment of an additional 6, for 66 legs. In the remaining 14 legs, there was partial, but considerable, improvement. There were no major complications. Treatment of varicose veins does not necessarily have to be operative. Compression sclerotherapy, rather than stripping of a vein, should be recognized more widely as an acceptable primary treatment aimed at improving local hemodynamics with good potential for recovery. With the appropriate, not haphazard, use of sclerosing solutions combined with prolonged compression, excellent results usually can be achieved.