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  2. Ultrasonography of chronic venous insufficiency of the legs

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    Also, unlike ultrasonography of deep venous thrombosis, the procedure focuses mainly on superficial veins. Also, unlike the arterial ultrasound examination, blood velocity in veins has no diagnostic meaning. Veins are a draining system similar to a low pressure hydraulic system, with a laminar flow and a low velocity.

  3. Does Medicare Cover Treatment for Varicose Veins? - AOL

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    you experience symptoms such as leg pain, swelling, burning, or cramping ... Endovenous ablation is a procedure that doctors use to close off damaged varicose veins. Endovenous means that the ...

  4. Medicare and varicose vein treatment: Is it covered? - AOL

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    Medicare does not generally cover procedures that it considers cosmetic. This may include an ablation procedure to seal off a vein, which is a common treatment for varicose veins. However, if a ...

  5. Cauterization - Wikipedia

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    Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.

  6. Varicose veins - Wikipedia

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    Figure A shows a normal vein with a working valve and normal blood flow. Figure B shows a varicose vein with a deformed valve, abnormal blood flow, and thin, stretched walls. The middle image shows where varicose veins might appear in a leg. Comparison of healthy and varicose veins. Varicose veins are more common in women than in men and are ...

  7. Endovenous laser treatment - Wikipedia

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    Endovenous laser treatment treats varicose veins using an optical fiber that is inserted into the vein to be treated, and laser light, normally in the infrared portion of the spectrum, [1] shines into the interior of the vein. This causes the vein to contract, and the optical fiber is slowly withdrawn.