Rid your legs of painful, unsightly varicose veins — without surgery or a hospital stay. With new laser technology, treating varicose veins is an outpatient procedure that takes less than two hours. Most patients experience minimal pain, and are able to resume normal activities within 1-2 days. Most insurances will cover the procedure. Approximately 25 percent of all women and 15 percent of all men suffer from greater saphenous vein reflux, commonly known as varicose veins. The traditional surgical treatment for the condition was stripping and ligation, a solution many patients found very painful — and one that required up to six weeks of recovery time. Now, Providence is offering a far simpler minimally invasive treatment called VenaCure. Using today’s most advanced medical laser technology, VenaCure makes varicose veins vanish without all the disadvantages of older treatments. It’s a quick, effective outpatient procedure that involves minimal discomfort. After treatment, a patient can simply walk out of the office and resume normal activities immediately. In the VenaCure treatment, a laser fiber is inserted into the vein through a tiny puncture site. The laser energizes the fiber as it is withdrawn from the vein. Energy emitted from the tip of the fiber causes only the treated vein to close, while the body automatically routes the blood to other healthy veins. For more information call the Interventional Radiology Department at Providence Alaska Medical Center at (907) 261-6045.
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