Why you shouldn’t have surgery for your varicose veins: why vein “stripping” = vein “pruning” Many years ago vein “stripping” was only one option for the treatment of varicose veins. This operation consisted of a cut in the groin and one at the ankle with the underlying vein being pulled out. There were then many

The answer depends first on the size of the vein and second on issues of affordability. Generally, for veins that have a diameter greater than 5 or 6 mm’s, most Phlebologists believe that Laser is a better form of treatment. Sclerosant injection into veins of this size is challenging because the large amount of blood

Unfortunately there is not. The situation is perplexing because the procedure is a better alternative to surgery and is replacing surgery throughout the world. In fact, in the U.S.A., insurance companies no longer cover surgery because when the risk / cost / benefit analysis is done it is clear that conventional surgery just doesn’t stack

The function of leg veins is to facilitate the return of the blood (that has been bought in by arteries) back to the heart. Because the flow of blood in veins is against gravity there is a system of one-way valves in leg veins that allows blood to go up but not come back down.

In a world with constant advertising and editorials it is often hard to work out who really should be treating your legs. The easiest way to work out this dilemma is to look at who has qualifications that have been certified by an acknowledged training organisation. In Australia the most respected training organisation is The Australasian

The traditional surgery for varicose of “stripping” has been around for a long time and for many doctors it has been the only vein procedure that they are familiar with. For many older style surgeons, it was what they were taught when going through Medicine and it is what they have always done for their

If the varicose veins are large then invariably they are the result of a deeper problem. This deeper problem is a malfunction of very small one way valves within the deeper vein. These valves normally allow blood to go up the leg veins back to the heart but prevent blood flow down the leg. The

The short answer is no. In the past (and sadly still now) some surgeons claimed that if the veins were very big then surgery was the only treatment that worked. This is not true. When Ultrasound Guided Sclerotherapy was the only non-surgical treatment available, it could be said that it was an inefficient was of treating very large

For many patients surgery used to be the only answer for these type of veins but now there are a range of non surgical options that give a better result with no downtime. Explore our treatment options which include Standard Sclerotherapy, Ultra Sound Guided Sclerotherapy, and Endovenous Laser Ablation.