Just as ablative catheter techniques have made open ligation and stripping a historic procedure, new techniques in the removal of varicose veins are challenging traditional stab phlebectomy.

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Spider veins (telangiectasia) and small varicose veins are small blood vessels that ...

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Known as varicose veins, these blood vessels, which return blood from the legs to the heart, are actually a more superficial system. The real, working venous system for the legs lies deeper ...

Vein stripping. This procedure involves tying off all varicose veins associated with the leg's main superficial vein and removing it from the leg. The removal of veins from the leg will not affect the ...

Once this happens, nearby healthy veins take over. Another option for varicose vein removal is called sclerotherapy, or injection therapy. During this procedure, a special solution is injected ...