What it is and how it performs the operation for varicose veins on the legs?

Treatment of varicose veins on the legs with the help of medications does not always have a positive effect.

Particularly difficult to heal varicosity, if it is in an advanced stage. In this case, surgery is the only option for resolution of the disease.

For many people, the operation seems to be terrible in the procedure, therefore, that for a long time they are afraid to go to the doctor, based on some home-made form of treatment. The disease continues to progress, and the patient's condition to deteriorate.

The operation when varicosity of the lower limbs is given in the following circumstances:

• if subcutaneous vienna increased in consequence of the physiologic pathology;
• if the disease is in an advanced stage, when treatment varicosity medicines or folk remedies do not help;
• in the case of formation of trophic ulcers on the skin in the beings;
• if you experience any disorders of the vascular circulation, in which the patient experiences constant fatigue, you get tired quickly, feel pain and heaviness in the legs;
• if it was formed thrombophlebitis acute;
• if you experience disturbances, trophic lesions of the skin.

For some patients, surgery for varicose veins on the legs can be contraindicated. The factors that hinder the surgery, are:

• hypertension;
• serious infectious diseases;
• coronary artery disease;
• the age of the patient (over 70 years);
• skin diseases – eczema, erysipilatous inflammation, etc;
• the second half of pregnancy.

The operation – the method to be the most effective and safe treatment option varicosity. A medical expert can quickly eliminate the disease, the patient will return to normal life, without being subject to the sufferings that caused him the illness.

The types of intervention

Type of intervention is determined depending on the characteristics of the individual, loss of the disease. Some types of operations, suitable for one person, absolutely can not be other. Before you to assign the operation, the doctor studies the form of the disease, the symptoms, as well as the likelihood of complications.

Surgical

The more complex and lengthy procedure associated with a high likelihood of developing complications, it is phlebectomy operation for the removal of varicose veins. It is prescribed only in cases, when other treatments are not able to provide as much beneficial effect.

During this operation, the groin patient are small (3-5 mm), cut, after which the vein tied to that place, where the flows in a deep vein, then dissect it and take out the legs with the help of special probes. After the removal of veins on the place of cuts impose on me, I buy the same seams. The operation lasts from 1 to 2 hours, while the patient is in a hospital not more than a day, then resign.

A sort of phlebectomies is a procedure as miniphlebectomy, in which the body is not made of cuts and punctures. This method allows you to perform the operation with less trauma to the skin and reduce the rehabilitation period.

Expoliantes – another type of surgical treatment of varicosity. During this procedure is the extract not the whole of vienna completely, but only a small sector, which has undergone the expansion. The removal is done through a puncture in the skin, which helps to avoid stitches.

Sclerotic

Less traumatic method of surgery is considered sclerotherapy. It consists in the fact that with the help of an ultrasound study determined the exact position of vienna, which introduce a particular substance (sclerosant). This substance hill affected the blood vessels, preventing the blood to him. After this operation, place the vein is sick, and is formed by scar tissue, disappear swelling. The patient stops tormenting heaviness and pain in the legs, and if they have taken place, the wounds quickly heal.

Sclerotherapy is of two types:

1. Echo-deduxit sclerotherapy. This shall apply in such a case, if the diameter of the affected veins reached 1 cm and more. Before vienna being monitored, with a special device – a duplex scanner, then under his control is carried out sting, after which it is inserted into the vein sclerosant. This procedure allows reducing a diameter of a hit from a vase and restore the normal circulation of blood on it.
2. Sclerosing foam. Secure and completely painless view sclerotherapy. In the area concerned, the vessel injected with a special foam that fills and stops the blood flow inside this container.

To get the maximum effect usually spend a couple of treatments of sclerotherapy. Relapse varicosity after her almost never happens.

Laser coagulation

The operation of removing the varicosity of the veins of the legs, the laser is considered to be the most technologically advanced on the pretext of fighting varicosity and helps to eliminate the pathological varicose 90% of patients. During this procedure, the cuts of the fabrics is not available, that allows you to avoid cosmetic defects.

Through the puncture in the skin of the injected fiber laser, which emits waves of light. Under their action occurs the dissolution of the patient's vessel. This method provides a lower number of relapse – repeated cases of training varicosity occur only 5% of patients.

Similar to laser coagulation method of treatment of varicosity is the frequency contritio. The essence of the method is the impact on the mood, sick, microwaves, which heat the vessel, causing the "champagne". This method of treatment is considered to be the easiest and painless. Can be used in more severe cases, when the veins reach a large size.

The possible consequences and the state in the post-operative period

Almost all of the types of operations carried out to resolve varicosity the foot, are secure and cause complications in very rare cases.

The higher probability of complications, and the heavy losses of the rehabilitation of the observed period with phlebectomies. In a remote area of vienna can occur hematoma, and sometimes incisions can flow the blood, as in the vicinity are the hot flashes of the other veins.

After 2-3 days after surgery, some patients may increase temperature. This happens due to aseptic inflammatory processes in the blood, which accumulates under the skin.

If accumulated, there will be a lot of blood, the veins can form lumps that are painful to the touch. If the skin over tufts has acquired a reddish hue, and then began inflammation bacterial. In this case you will need urgent hospital admission.

Other possible complications after the intervention may be:

• Numbness of the skin, the sensation of pain. They occur in that case, if during the operation were damaged the nerve endings. With time the pain will disappear and the sensitivity of the skin will recover.
• Bruises. Form when phlebectomies, because it is quite a traumatic operation. After some time, usually not more than a month, they disappear completely. With minimally invasive techniques of treatment (sclerotherapy or laser coagulation) bruises almost never left.
• The swelling. They can appear, if the patient follows the doctor's prescriptions in the post-operative period – it moves a lot, do not wear special clothing or exposes a great physical stress.

After surgery, most patients lead an active lifestyle. Due to inactivity may occur this dangerous phenomenon, such as deep vein thrombosis, acute lower limb. To prevent this, it is necessary to do special exercises, follow a diet and take medications that prevent thrombosis.

The rehabilitation after the removal of the varicosity of the lower limbs

Compliance with the directions of the doctor in the post-operative period is an essential part of the treatment and the prevention of relapse varicosity. The majority of patients it is recommended that you:

1. The narrow strip of the foot elastic bandage.
2. Wear a special compression garment – stockings or tights.
3. Do not lift weights more than 10 kg in the first six months after the intervention.
4. Sports with a moderate physical activity – sports, walking, swimming, biking.
5. Control the body weight in case of problems with excess weight.
6. Undergo exchange welcome venotonic drugs.

Within 3 days after the operation the patient is strictly forbidden to smoke and to drink alcohol, sunbathe, lift weights, drive the car and take hot baths.

When the pain in прооперированной foot can help a light massage, which you can do by yourself.

The recommendations for the prevention of relapse

If the operation of the resolution varicosity veins has been performed with success, there is always the risk of re-development of the disease. To minimize the risk of recurrence, it is necessary to respect the measures of prevention:

• lead an active lifestyle – sports, often walking in the open air;
• in a sitting position you need to make sure that the posture is flat, do not put a foot to the other, because this leads to disorders of the venous flow;
• fight overweight;
• moderately the use of coffee and tea;
• every morning gymnastics of the feet;
• giving up too tight and narrow shoes and clothing.

Varicose veins is a disease that, even after complete healing requires compliance with a certain style of life.

The measures of prevention after the surgery you will need to comply with the first months, and for the whole life. Only thus will it be possible to normalize the state of his body and rule out the possibility of re-development of the disease.