Varicose veins are one of the diseases mentioned in the works of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians.
Since then, the search for a solution to this problem, which progresses over the years, has not ceased. Our sedentary lifestyle contributes to the development and increasingly serious complications of this disease. This is, as they say, the price a person pays for walking upright.
Although the search for a solution has not made it possible to cure this disease, since it is chronic, it helps to relieve the patient of symptoms, stop or slow down the progression of the disease and minimize the likelihood of such formidable complications as thrombophlebitis and trophic ulcers of the leg of venous origin.
Foam sclerotherapy is the most modern and also non-surgical method of treatment. It allows the patient to get rid of symptoms, unsightly appearance of varicose veins, prevents deterioration and reduces to a minimum the probability of thrombophlebitis.
Foam sclerotherapy provides an excellent opportunity not only to prevent the formation of trophic ulcers of venous origin, but also to cure them in a short time.
Disputes about the effectiveness of sclerotherapy of dilated large saphenous veins do not cease. Some believe that complete sclerotherapy does not occur, others that even with complete sclerotherapy, reconalization occurs after some time (i.e. the lumen of the vein opens again).
Analyzing the results of authors with successful sclerotherapy of large saphenous veins and large varicose veins and the results of authors who did not achieve good results, plus taking into account my many years of experience in foam sclerotherapy of large saphenous veins and large varicose veins, I can confidently say that the success of foam sclerotherapy depends largely on: the method of foam sclerotherapy, the concentration of the sclerosing agent, its amount and adequate compression both in strength and time. It should be recalled here that the correct performance of sclerotherapy by a doctor is not everything, in many ways the results depend on how conscientiously and correctly the patient follows the recommendations for wearing compression hosiery and its timing.