Seeking treatment for those bulging, sometimes painful veins that pop up more often as you age? Here's what to know about ...

Vein ligation and stripping is a minor surgery. It is used to remove a damaged vein and prevent complications of vein damage. If several valves in a vein and the vein itself are heavily damaged, the ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Spider veins (telangiectasia) and small varicose veins are small blood vessels that ...

A closed vein loses its source of blood and dies. After a year or two ... must first be treated with surgery, endovenous laser or radiofrequency treatment, or sclerotherapy.) Endovenous laser ...

There is no consensus as to whether primary valve incompetence is the inciting event in varicose veins or rather incompetence results from persistent vein wall dilation. Clearly, there are ...

Endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) uses a small laser to seal off a varicose vein ... depends on whether the surgery takes place in the hospital. For EVLT in a single vein, the costs break down ...