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Can Veins Heal and Re-Open After Sclerotherapy Treatment?

Jim grennanMar 25, 2014
If Veins Heal and Re-Open After Sclerotherapy Treatment? Could the clotted blood that once stuck to the removed non slip surface of the vein become un stuck and travel and cause a problem else where like a clott etc?

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Dr. Hratch Karamanoukian, MD, FACS
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Hratch Karamanoukian, MD, FACS

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