Varicose Veins Can Be Treated by New Light-assisted Stab Phlebectomy Surgical Procedure

Varicose veins sufferers can now remedy their maladies by a new surgical procedure known as light-assisted stab phlebectomy ( LASP ). The new LASP procedure remove branch varicose veins and has been developed by University of California Los Angeles

( UCLA ).

Dr. Peter Lawrence, Vascular Surgery Chief at UCLA, has developed light-assisted stab phlebectomy as an outpatient procedure that only requires local anesthesia and a minimally invasive surgery.

Varicose veins is problem suffered mainly by women. It has been estimated that about 40 percent of adults have varicose veins. But now thanks to LASP varicose veins from thighs, calves and ankles can easily be removed with this minimally invasive procedure known as LASP

According to the source the new LASP procedure combines two known procedures in to one. Dr. Lawrence uses a technique known as transillumination to help see better varicose veins in the operating room. During LASP lights are off. But with the transillumination technique the surgeon can se better the veins that have to be removed at thighs, calves and ankles

More than 250 patients have already gone through LASP during the last two years. According to the source, a careful follow-up after surgery revealed that there are little post-surgery. These patients have reported no infection, hematoma formation or severe pain.

The new LASP is a simple procedure. As a mater fact, the surgeon does a very small cut on the skin near the veins to removed. Then, it proceeds to insert a small tube with a light on its tip. This light is part of the transillumination technique referred previously. Since the operating room lights are turned off the light at the tip of the tube allows the surgeon the better locate the vein cluster with problems and then it can proceed to remove them easily. Details about the new light-assisted stab phlebectomy surgical procedure can be found at the leading medical journal The American Surgeon, according to the source.

An example of varicose veins

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