Non-surgical Varicose Vein Technology vs. Traditional Treatment?

Name: Non-surgical Varicose Vein Technology vs. Traditional Treatment?
Uploaded: 2010-06-28T18:30:25+00:00
Duration: 24 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: This content was created by Dr. Charles Mok. This content was uploaded by Dr. Charles Mok. This is a YouTube video titled "Non-surgical Varicose Vein…

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This content was created by Dr. Charles Mok. This content was uploaded by Dr. Charles Mok. This is a YouTube video titled "Non-surgical Varicose Vein Technology vs. Traditional Treatment?" (created 2010-06-28) containing a short medical explanation by a single speaker. The speaker describes two treatments for varicose veins—surgical stripping (incisions and vein removal) and endovenous laser ablation (laser inserted to destroy the vein)—and notes that laser ablation is the newer approach with higher success, lower recurrence, and no scars.

There are two main ways to treat the veins that cause varicose veins. There's surgical stripping and what we call laser ablation. Now, the stripping, the surgeon makes incisions along the vein and pulls it out. And that works effectively. The newer procedure is laser ablation, where laser inserted inside the vein to destroy the vein from the inside, which is far more successful, less recurrence rate, and no scars.