TARZANA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Varicose veins can be more than just unsightly, they can be very painful. Health officials say varicose veins affect 50 percent of women and 40 percent of men.

Patients with saphenofemoral junction insufficiency and great saphenous vein (GSV) reflux can be treated conventionally by stripping of the saphenous vein or by a newer strategy of endovenous laser or ...

Results have been presented from experiments on endovenous laser ablation of varicose veins in vitro using laser radiation of a solid-state laser and identifying the role a carbonized layer of blood ...

Varicose veins can be treated with foam, laser, or surgery. All treatments have a similar clinical efficacy (venous clinical severity score), and all are equally able to improve general patient ...

In December 2013, Damian Roden received Endovenous Laser Ablation (EVLA) treatment to address the results of suffering from four blood clots after a flight from Manchester to Cyprus. Mr. Roden is ...

Varicose veins require thorough assessment by vascular surgeons, especially using ultrasound, to determine the underlying cause and severity. Treatment options, including laser or RFT, should be ...

Varicose veins are a sign of underlying venous insufficiency and affect 20% to 30% of adults. Long saphenous vein insufficiency is the most common form of venous insufficiency in people presenting ...

Midwest Vein and Laser, a Centerville doctor practice with specialists for treating vein disease, has been purchased. Dr. Robert Tyrrell, an interventional radiologist, bought Midwest Vein and Laser ...