When talking about varicose veins, diseased saphenous veins and venous ulcers, one sometimes gets the feeling that the people you are talking to are describing so-called “minor” pathologies.
Chronic Venous Insufficiency currently represents one of the main expenditure items for national health services in European and North American countries.
Varicose syndrome affects 35% of the adult population, especially women over 50 years of age (40% of the population)
Prevention, correct treatment of the disease and management of complications are the essential premise to limit the impact on an increasingly long-lived population in economic and social terms.
It has been scientifically proven that the development of this pathology has genetic roots but it is equally clear that some behaviors can lead to a rapid worsening of this pathology such as being overweight, leading a sedentary lifestyle, having vices such as smoking and alcohol, sex and any previous pregnancies.
The development of Chronic Venous Disease proceeds gradually: from the presence of reticular veins and telangiectasias (the so-called capillaries) one can move in a variable time to notice real varicose veins of the thigh and leg. The latter are often associated with a pathological condition of the Great Saphenous Vein and/or the Small Saphenous Vein, up to more complex pathological conditions with ulcerative lesions at the level of the distal part of the leg.
Delaying the worsening of the pathology is possible up to a certain point: the use of aids such as elastic stockings, taking specific medications and adopting a correct lifestyle is certainly helpful but, since it is not possible to block the pathology in itself, a specialist vascular visit and ecocolordoppler are essential for a correct diagnostic and therapeutic framework.
For reticular veins and telangiectasias (capillaries) there are very effective and resolutive sclerotherapy and laser therapy techniques; while for advanced varicose disease with compromise of the Great Saphenous Vein and/or the Small Saphenous Vein the Advanced Phlebological Surgery Team of Life Clinic, directed by Dr. Pecis Claudio, adopts the innovative occlusion technique through an endovascular procedure with Cyanoacrylate (glue). This procedure consists of injecting the cyanoacrylate into the diseased vein, obtaining its occlusion and consequent reabsorption as it is no longer functional for circulation.
This technique, called PBA, has been standardized by our Surgical Team for about 6 years, just after the authorization by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration in the United States) for the use of Cyanoacrylates in Phlebology, and has allowed the successful treatment of over 2000 patients.
The procedure is Pain Less: it requires only a small wheal of local anesthesia, it is without surgical incisions, without stitches and by applying an elastic stocking you can immediately resume your daily activities with a good overall aesthetic result.
This cutting-edge technique has allowed both surgeons and patients to look at the varicose problem with greater confidence in the results, being also a repeatable technique for some residual varicose veins and free from particular risks both intra and post-operative.
