Affiliation:
1. Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati-781032
2. Resident, Department of Radiology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati781032
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati-781032, Assam.
Abstract
Varicose veins are one associated aspect of evolution that humans could have happily lived without. It's almost certainly
the price we pay for the two-legged erect posture. Though we have achieved cure for various diseases, till now no reliable
cure has been found for venous insufciency.The gold standard for treating chronic venous insufciency has been surgery. The surgeon dealing
with varicose veins has always had to strike a balance between an aesthetically pleasing outcome and a low rate of recurrence and complications.
Sclerotherapy, which was rst used over 150 years ago, is still the most efcient method for permanently removing pathologically swollen as well
as cosmetically unpleasant but otherwise normal veins.Foam sclerotherapy, in which the sclerosant is mixed with air or physiological gases, is
more effective than direct injection of sclerosants, because the agent's contact with the endothelium is prolonged by the air in the foam. The use of
foam sclerotherapy for big veins has reduced recurrence rates. Large-scale researches have demonstrated the safety of foam sclerotherapy. Foam
sclerotherapy has a recurrence rate that is comparable to surgery. The efcacy of foam sclerotherapy has been variable as per different studies
across different institutions.
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Medicine,Surgery,Artificial Intelligence,Artificial Intelligence,Information Systems and Management,Computer Science Applications,Artificial Intelligence,Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition,Software,General Engineering,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Management Science and Operations Research,Computer Science Applications,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance,Engineering (miscellaneous),General Business, Management and Accounting,General Decision Sciences
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