What will happen to the blood flow in my hand after Sclerotherapy?

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A: Blood flow after sclerotherapy treatment of veins

Robert A. Weiss, MD

Sclerotherapy is a technique in which a solution is injected into an enlarged vein into order to get the vein to contract, subsequently close and eventually be absorbed by the body.   Since veins return deoxygenated blood to the heart, when a vein is closed, the blood returns through... more

A: Blood flow after sclerotherapy typically is unaffected

Scott Trimas, MD

Blood flow after sclerotherapy typically is unaffected in the extremities including the arms and legs. Generally, speaking sclerotherapy is used to clot small veins called venules that are propogated or grow during the aging process. If you stop the flow to these extra blood vessels, the normal blood flow is... more

A: Sclerotherapy results in redirection of blood flow

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

When the superficial veins are sclerosed, the blood flow that typically passes through these veins is usually re-directed to other veins that typically lay deeper in the extremity.

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