New approaches for the treatment of varicose veins

Abstract

New, minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of varicose veins including RFA, EVLT, and TIPP represent effective and possibly superior alternatives to traditional saphenous vein stripping and stab avulsion of varicose veins. Further experience with these procedures will help to determine which ones will become the method of choice for treating this complex disease process. Some of these new techniques may not prove to be effective in the hands of all treating specialists. However, it is very likely that some of these techniques, such as foam sclerotherapy, will replace the procedures that we currently use today.