Technology transfer of varicose vein treatment with endovascular laser

06 Jan, 2022

Venous insufficiency of the lower extremities is a weakening of the venous valve system that is damaged or compressed from the outside by a natural defect of the body. Venous insufficiency of the lower extremities is concentrated mainly in women, especially women after giving birth, accounting for about 80%. The disease often has symptoms such as: Fatigue, heaviness, feeling of crawling, cramps… These symptoms will increase with exercise and decrease with rest. Then the patient has leg edema, red and blue tendons floating under the skin or may ulcerate in the ankle.

In the past, the treatment of lower extremity venous insufficiency for patients by performing surgery would be very complicated, lose a lot of blood and cause pain, the risk of recurrence is very high while endovascular laser intervention will not cause pain. pain, complications and almost no recurrence.

In this technical transfer, doctors and nurses are transferred to the technique of using heat from laser light to shrink varicose veins by inserting a laser rod into the vein, the generated laser will Burn the location to be intervened, creating damage, causing the two sides of the vein wall to gradually stick together, closed, not allowing blood to flow anymore. After 6 months of treatment, the entire laser burned vein will atrophy or become as small as a loofah. The patient will be free of all unpleasant symptoms experienced before the treatment.

With the intravenous laser method, the patient has the opportunity to thoroughly treat this disease and be able to move normally right after the doctor intervenes with the procedure. This is a safe procedure, quick recovery, can be discharged immediately and without surgical scars, ensuring aesthetics.

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