Chronic Venous Insufficiency Care

Treatments for CVI

• Compression stockings are a common first-step to treat your discomfort from CVI by squeezing your veins and helping them move blood up into your heart.
• Sclerotherapy is a non-invasive and almost pain-free in-office procedure where your doctor injects a liquid or foam chemical into your vein to make it shrink, collapse, and eventually dissolve.
• Endovenous thermal laser ablation (EVLT) is a common and minimally-invasive procedure that uses a thin wire-like laser inserted into your vein to heat it from the inside and make it collapse and dissolve.
• Endovenous radiofrequency ablation (EVRA) is very similar to EVLT, but uses radiofrequency energy to heat the vein instead of laser energy.
• Ambulatory phlebectomy is a minimally-invasive procedure where your doctor makes small cuts along your problem vein and removes it piece-by-piece with a hook. 
• Ligation and stripping is a procedure to tie-off and remove long veins in your leg through incisions in your ankle and groin. It is an invasive procedure that is now uncommon because modern treatments like EVLT and EVRA are more effective and less-invasive.

Causes and Diagnosis of CVI

Costs