I had great sphenus EVLA 25 days ago. My healing went well until 3 days ago when I started to have pain in my calf especially when stretching my leg upward and while walking. my surgeon performed ultrasound said there is unexpected inflammation with small blood clots but he has sealed the way to femur main vein so he is not worried about clots moving up, n prescribed anti-inflammatory. I’m traveling in 2 days should I cancel my trip? Will clots dissolve when inflammation go?
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One of the common symptoms and sings of varicose veins is leg swelling, swelling usually improve after treatment of varicose veins (ablation of the dysfunctional veins), if you develop the swelling immediately after ablation of your veins, the doctor should look for the reason for that. It could...
When done correctly, the chance of a vein opening after EVLT is quite small. It might be more likely that the diameter of the vein was large and the settings for treatment were too low and the vein never properly closed in the first place. In many cases, EVLT...
Yes, an ultrasound examination is a necessity post treatment in order to determine that the targeted vein has been successfully occluded. We scan EVLT patients one week after treatment when they come in for their UGS then we recall them for review appointments and a scan at 3 months, 6 months...
