The fundamental difference is that it preserves the saphenous vein, unlike the vast majority of techniques offered to patients today, which are based on destroying the saphenous vein.
The first step is to question the patient, looking for any suggestive symptoms, followed by a clinical examination to diagnose visible varicose veins, or to detect varicose veins that may not be apparent. Immediately after the exploration, we carry out the indispensable Duplex ultrasound, which enables us to see precisely through the skin the veins identified during the clinical examination, as well as any unseen veins that may be diseased.
Is surgical treatment of varicose veins painful ? No, not anymore! Today, surgical treatment of varicose veins is pain-free, both during and after the procedure.
What is the relationship between varicose veins and pregnancy? Are pregnancies the cause of varicose veins? Pregnancy can be an event that causes varicose veins to appear. But if varicose veins appear during a pregnancy, it means that there is a fragile ground, very often hereditary.
Is there a specific time of year to have varicose veins surgery? There is a very old tradition of operating on varicose veins only in the cold season, globally from October to May. Patients seen outside of this period are advised to wait for surgery...
I have varicose veins: where do they come from, how do they evolve, what symptoms do they cause and what can I do?
This treatment is the ASVAL method, developed at the Riviera Vein Institute by Dr. Pittaluga's team nearly 20 years ago.
Introduction Varicose veins are extremely common in our population, accounting for 30 to 50 percent of women and 20 to 30 percent of men. F M This disease will be more and more frequent due to the aging of the population and the increasing problems of lifestyle. For nearly a hundred years, [...]
