MEDICAL SPECIALITIES > Treatment of varicose veins

IN THE MEDICAL CENTRE HILU WE SPECIALISE IN THE TREATMENT AND REMOVAL OF VARICOSE VEINS USING: LASER TECHNIQUES.SUCH AS LASER ND-YAG Coolglide®, SCLEROTHERAPY, CRYOSCLEROSIS, PRESOTHERAPY, OZONE THERAPY, LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE AND ULTRASOUND

Laser removal of varicose veins

The Hilu Medical Centre possesses the latest equipment for the removal of small and medium size varicose veins: the laser ND-YAG Coolglide® from the platform Cutera Xeo®.

This laser, as well as being very effective in the depilation of areas where the hair is profuse and deep rooted, is one of the most powerful lasers in the market for the removal of small varicose veins, including vascular spiders and telangiectasias, in the face as well as the body, and also of medium size varicose veins, including reticular veins. In fact, this is the only laser in the market capable of removing this type of varicose veins, which are deeper under the skin and require greater penetration of the light beam. On the other hand, the skin over the varicose veins is protected from possible damage by the cooling system integrated in its head.

Among the treatment techniques used in medicine to remove varicose veins, the most important are sclerotherapy, cryosclerosis, laser therapy, pressotherapy, hydrotherapy, ozone therapy, lymphatic drainage and ultrasound.

To respond to the needs of our patients and the required flexibility CMH has the most technologically advanced laser platform in the market for the removal of small and medium size varicose veins: the laser ND-YAG Coolglide® and the platform Cutera Xeo®.

Laser CUTERA

The procedure can be carried out without anaesthesia or with only topical anaesthesia (by applying a cream 30 to 60 minutes before the treatment) In contrast with the procedure of chemical sclerosis of the varicose veins (the injection of a substance) it is not necessary to use compression afterwards.

In all treatments of superficial varicose veins it is advisable to carry out a previous study of the deep venous system of the legs, either with Eco-Doppler or phlebography. The presence of an obstructive problem in that system indicates that the removed superficial veins will continue to reappear until the problem is solved.


SCLEROTHERAPY OR THE USE OF INJECTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS

This form of treatment is very effective when applied to small calibre veins, which cannot be felt, do not stick out and do not produce lumps. They should be less than three millimetres in diameter known as “vascular spiders”, “rocket explosion” veins, telangiectasias, o venulectasias, which are generally treated for cosmetic reasons using injections or phlebosclerosis.

By means of a very small needle a medicine or sclerosant agent mixed with a local anaesthetic, is introduced into the small vein, thus producing an inflammation of the walls of the vein.

After repeating this procedure two or three times, the walls of the small vein become fused, thus stopping the flow of blood and. making it disappear.

Sclerotherapy is a very safe procedure.


CRYOSCLEROSIS

This is a therapeutic method consisting in injecting a chemical substance at very low temperature into the vein. The objective is to eliminate the varicose vein by burning it with extreme cold, and it is useful in the small capillaries (telangiectasias) that are resistant to chemical sclerosis. This is done by the use of a special syringe, which has two compartments, one that contains the therapeutic substance, which can stand temperatures of –40º C, and the other which holds the carbonic snow, thus allowing the chemical product to achieve and maintain this temperature. One of the advantages of this kind of therapy is that it can be carried out at any season, provided that direct exposure to the sun is avoided.

PRESSOTHERAPY

Pressotherapy has advanced to the point that it encourages the venous return. By massaging the lymphatic and circulatory systems it produces lymphatic drainage, activating both systems and preventing the formation of varicose veins.

LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE

Lymphatic drainage is a therapeutic technique used in various medical fields as it stimulates the lymphatic system and the venous return.

In the last few years Phlebology, (the branch of medicine which deals with venous circulatory problems, and therefore with varicose veins) has acquired numerous non-conventional techniques for the treatment of varicose veins, which give the specialist the opportunity, not only of curing the disorder, but also of achieving the best cosmetic results when treating varicose veins.

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