sclerotherapy in a sentence
Examples
- There has been one reported case of stroke after ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy when an unusually large dose of sclerosant foam was injected.
- Other issues which arise with the use of sclerotherapy to treat spider veins are staining, shadowing, telangetatic matting, and ulceration.
- In ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy, ultrasound is used to visualize the underlying vein so the physician can deliver and monitor the injection.
- Telangiectatic matting, or the development of tiny red vessels, is unpredictable and usually must be treated with repeat sclerotherapy or laser.
- Sclerotherapy can also be performed using microfoam sclerosants under ultrasound guidance to treat larger varicose veins, including the great and small saphenous veins.
- These smaller veins can be eliminated with sclerotherapy, a procedure in which caustic material is injected into blood vessels, causing them to shrivel.
- Kellawan eliminated Frank's spider vein problem with sclerotherapy, a procedure that involves injecting a chemical solution into the vein to dissolve it.
- Treatment can include Endovenous Thermal Ablation using radiofrequency or laser energy, vein stripping, ambulatory phlebectomy, foam sclerotherapy, lasers, or compression.
- The first reported attempt at sclerotherapy was by D Zollikofer in Switzerland, 1682 who injected an acid into a vein to induce thrombus formation.
- Sclerotherapy is the " gold standard " and is preferred over laser for eliminating large spider veins ( telangiectasiae ) and smaller varicose leg veins.