TRADITIONAL TREATMENTS

MEDICAL STOCKINGS

The medical stockings or elastic bandage compress the leg, thus removing the dilation of the veins, by helping them to empty themselves upwards. It is a little as when one puts the legs in the air.

ADVANTAGES:

Simple
Effective
Without risks

DISADVANTAGES:

Unconfortable
Anaesthetic
Temporary

TRADITIONAL SCLEROSES

one pricks a vein with a very small needle, to inject a “sclerosing” product there. This product causes the retraction of the vein and its disappearance.

ADVANTAGES:

Outpatient treatment
Treats the small varicose veins
Little risk

DISADVANTAGES:

Injections
Variable results, sometimes post-sclerosis spots or blemishes
To be repeated
Does not treat the big varicose veins

CHIRURGIA TRADIZIONALE

One withdraws the saphenous vein using a guide (gesture called “stripping”). The varicose veins developed on the branches of the saphenous vein are also withdrawn (gesture called “phlebectomies”).

ADVANTAGES:

Old: proved as reliable
Effective
Well known by may surgeons

DISADVANTAGES:

Important anaesthesia
Hospitalization
Haematomas and pains
Postoperative disconfort
Prolonged out of work time