Varicose Vein Treatment
- Large Varices – Truncular – The long saphenous vein and the short saphenous vein are the Trunk Veins.
- When they are varicosed they are removed surgically by a procedure called stripping. Their branches – the Truncular Veins when varicosed are treated with Sclerotheraphy.
- Medium Varices – Reticular – These varices are the greenish–blue network of veins that are visible beneath the skin. When they are fed by the truncular varices, the later must be injected first.
- This kind of vein can be treated with sclerotherapy. The reticular veins nourish the telangiectasias.
- Small Varices – Telangiectasias – These varicose veins are very tiny but the most highly visible.
- They can be red, blue, or purple in color.
- They respond well to sclerotherapy, but their nourishing veins, (the reticular veins) must be treated first.