Laser Surgery For Varicose Veins In Legs

You might need this operation only in an advanced case involving leg ulcers if other techniques fail.

Laser surgery for varicose veins in legs.

As we know veins carry blood from all parts of the body to the heart. The term varicose comes from the latin root varix which means twisted. Varicose veins are enlarged and twisted veins in your leg. 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.

Varicose veins tend to run in families and are made worse by pregnancy and if you do a lot of standing. Endovenous laser varicose vein surgery is a procedure that uses heat from a laser to reduce varicose veins. Laser surgery is one of the most effective ways of curing this condition. Varicose veins are swollen bulging veins that often happen on the thighs or calves.

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. A laser is a device that sends a thin beam of radiation in the form of light. 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. 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.