Visualized Sclerotherapy Improve the Effectiveness and Safety of Sclerotherapy for Subcutaneous Varicose Veins

Abstract

Sclerotherapy is an effective treatment for reticular and telangiectatic varicose veins. However, it is not easy to perform injection of appropriate dose of sclerosant to the targert leiosn, especially for invisible subcutaneous varices. Therefore visualized sclerotherapy, which can observe those invisible veins to the naked eye, using a novel device, enable sure sclerotherapy. VeinViewer Flex^® (V-V-F) utilizes visible and near-infrared light to illuminate and project subcutaneous venous structure up to 10 mm depth, directly onto a patient’s skin with a real-time digital image. V-V-F enables real-time observation of sclerosant spreading, that allows for appropriate dose injection into the target veins, especially for the feeder vein for combined telangiectasia that are often invisible to the naked eye. Visualized sclerotherapy using V-V-F might be safe treatment with excellent results compared with the conventional methods.