Sclerotherapy

Despite advances in laser therapy, old standby procedure remains best treatment for varicose, spider leg veins

Published in Blood Weekly, March 28th, 2002

by Lynn Yoffee, senior medical writer - Unsightly and painful leg veins affect up to 50% of the population by the time they reach middle age. Hormonal influences at menopause mean that women are more affected than men.

What's new in treatment of these veins' Vascular lasers have been improved so that they're now safer to use with patients who have darker skin pigment and traditional sclerotherapy is now less painful.

Margaret A. Weiss, MD, assistant professor of dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, reported at the American Academy of Dermatology's 60th Annual Meeting in New Orleans that she has treated 17,000...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2002-03-28)

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