Radiofrequency Ablation / Microwave Ablation is the latest and most effective,
patient friendly and non-surgical treatment for varicose vein using Multipolar RFA machine.Under color-doppler ultrasound vision,
a radiofrequency catheter is inserted into the abnormal vein and the vessel treated with radio-energy, resulting is closure of the
involved vein.
The interventional radiologist (are uniquely skilled in using the vascular system to deliver targeted treatments throughout the body
without surgery) accesses the abnormal saphenous vein just above ankle or below the knee percutaneously through a small cannula in
abnormal vein. Ablation uses a thin, flexible tube called a catheter with tiny electrodes at the tip of the catheter, which heat
the walls of the varicose vein, and collapses the thick veins.
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Frequently Asked Questions | Non-surgical treatment, RFA / Microwave Ablation | Surgical treatment, Stripping Surgery | Non-surgical Laser |
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1. Success rate | More than 98% | About 60% | About 70-75% |
2. Anesthesia | Local or mild | General | Moderate |
3. Hospitalization | Day care | 1-2 days | Day Care |
4. Scar in leg | Nil | Yes more than two or three | Nil |
5. Blood loss | Nil | Yes | Nil |
6. Major advantage | Treats Incompetence at groin, perforators, and side branches also. | Removal of main vein. Need another surgery for perforators | Treat only main vein. Need another surgery for perforators |
7. Recovery | Few hrs | 1-2 days | 24 hrs |
8. Full recovery | Few hrs | 3 weeks | 1-2 days |
9. Recurrence | One % | More than 20-40 % | More than 30% |
10. Cost | Less expensive | expensive | expensive |
11. Treating associated abnormal vein | Yes in same sitting | No | No |