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| Varicose Veins Treated With Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy
Author: Robert Weiss, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Coauthor(s): Craig F Feied, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FACPh
, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine; General Manager, Microsoft Enterprise Health Solutions Group; Margaret Weiss, MD
, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Updated: Apr 14, 2010
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Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Author: Katherine E Brown, DO
, Consulting Staff, Department of Surgery, University of California at San Diego
Contributor Information and Disclosures
Updated: May 11, 2010
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06/04/09 — The County of Women's Journal, Dover, DE
If you are among the estimated 20 to 40 million men or women who suffer from venous insufficiency, you may have venous reflux disease. You may feel that your legs are aching or uncomfortable...
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05/20/09 — Quincy Patriot-Ledger, Quincy, MA
Three years ago, while administering anesthesia for a patient at the Quincy Medical Center, Reddy watched as Dr. Palma Shaw performed a new procedure sealing diseased leg veins....
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05/19/09 — KSEE-TV, Fresno, CA
Millions of Americans suffer from varicose veins-- they're painful and unsightly. Years ago, the veins were stripped for relief. Now, doctors can treat problem veins with a radio-frequency catheter....
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05/18/09 — WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH
Dr. Doug Van Fossen performs of the VNUS Closure procedure to treat painful varicose veins on WBNS-TV in Columbus OH...
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05/07/09 — KHON-TV, Honolulu, HI
Dr. Robert Kistner performs the VNUS Closure procedure on KHON-TV in Honolulu, HI....
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05/06/09 — WLOS-TV, Asheville, NC
Dr. Sylvia Tarazi performs the VNUS Closure procedure on WLOS-TV in Asheville, NC...
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05/06/09 — East Tennessee Medical News, Chattanooga, TN
Experience is often the best teacher, and in Griffin Coates, MD's case, the lessons learned can open up a whole new career....
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05/04/09 — PrimeLife Circuit newspaper, St. Louis, MO
Scientists tell us that man's forbears first walked upright about 1.5 million years ago. You'd think our leg veins would have adjusted to bein vertical by now....
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05/04/09 — Tidewater Women Magazine, Virginia Beach, VA
Anthropologists tell us that human ancestors first walked upright about 1.5 million years ago. Unfortunately, in all that time our leg veins have never quite adjusted...
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Safety Summary
As with any medical intervention, potential risks and complications exist with
the Closure procedure. Please consult Dr Ly to receive further
information.
The Closure System is intended for endovascular coagulation of blood vessels
in patients with superficial venous reflux. It is contraindicated in patients with
thrombus in the vein segment to be treated.
Potential complications include, but are not limited to, vessel perforation,
thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, phlebitis, hematoma, infection, paresthesia,
skin burn.
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