Injection therapy for varicose veins. 1976

H L Myers

The varicose tendency cannot be cured but it can be controlled. Injection compression sclerotherapy, if performed competently on selected patients, is an effective treatment. It is a relatively simple, economical, safe, and ambulatory form of therapy which has a major place in the management of varicose veins. The technique for injection is subject to considerable variation, but the necessity for post injection compression of the veins is absolute. Post injection compression reduces the potential for recurrence by preventing return of the blood to the vein after injection and maintaining contact of the intimal surfaces so that bonding can occur, thus converting the vein from a tube to a solid fibrotic cord. Injection compression sclerotherapy is the best treatment of selected varicosities.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008722 Methods A series of steps taken in order to conduct research. Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012597 Sclerosing Solutions Chemical agents injected into blood vessels and lymphatic sinuses to shrink or cause localized THROMBOSIS; FIBROSIS, and obliteration of the vessels. This treatment is applied in a number of conditions such as VARICOSE VEINS; HEMORRHOIDS; GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGEAL VARICES; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE. Injections, Sclerosing,Sclerosant,Sclerosing Agent,Sclerosing Agents,Sclerosing Injection,Sclerosing Solution,Sclerosants,Sclerosing Drugs,Sclerosing Injections,Agent, Sclerosing,Agents, Sclerosing,Drugs, Sclerosing,Injection, Sclerosing,Solution, Sclerosing,Solutions, Sclerosing
D014648 Varicose Veins Enlarged and tortuous VEINS. Varices,Varix,Varicose Vein,Vein, Varicose,Veins, Varicose

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