| A 62-year-old Registered Nurse with venous stasis ulcer of the right ankle was treated for 15 months with Unna's Boot compression. The ulcer finally healed, only to re-appear 3 months later. We treated her varicose veins with ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy and the ulcer healed within days. There has been no recurrence since 2002.
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| This barber, age 59, developed a painful venous ulcer at the left ankle that nearly cost him his livelihood. Within weeks of his first sclerotherapy treatment, he was back working full-time. Treated in 1999, he remains clinically well today without recurrence of leg ulcers.
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This very active and athletic woman was developing skin changes and a “blue foot” (venous cyanosis) along with aching, throbbing and leg restlessness. The improvement in circulation at 12 months following sclerotherapy is obvious, and all symptoms have resolved. |
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This patient developed a tortuous varicose vein with pregnancy 24-years previously, but it was pain that finally brought her in for treatment. The great saphenous vein, found with ultrasound diagnostics, was also varicosed. All varicose veins were treated and all symptoms cleared. Moderate post-sclerotherapy “staining”, seen in the “after” photo, is residual to the treatment and will continue to fade. |
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This 55-year-old woman had painful varicosities of the anterolateral circumflex vein of the thigh, and many tributaries into the leg. She was successfully treated with ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy.
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| Even severe varicosities can be successfully treated using ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy. |
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65-year-old woman with 8 year history of venous ulcers healed rapidly with ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy to ablate her varicose veins, the cause of her ulcers. |
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A 75-year-old woman developed leg rashes that she believed were caused by her varicose veins. She had undergone stipping surgery years early, but noted the veins had returned. Sclerotherapy obliterated her varicose veins, and the "rashes" (stasis dermatitis) cleared. |
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The photograph, like the physical examination, fails to detect significant varicose veins.
The ultrasound map illustrates the true extent of this patients disease and explains her symptoms. The map guided us to treatment of her disease. The result was complete ablation of symptoms. |
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The photograph, like the physical examination, fails to detect significant varicose veins.This patient suffered a traumatic injury to his shin. Four months later a cluster of veins appeared were the injury had been. 18 months later he developed significant aching and throbbing in the same area. The ultrasound map illustrates that the great saphenous vein and the anterior arch have become varicose veins, and explain the severity of his symptoms. Treatment with endovenous laser obliterated the great saphenous vein. Treatment with ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy obliterated the branch disease.
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