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

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    According to Medicare, the average total cost of endovenous ablation of a vein in an ambulatory surgical center is $1,814. The individual would be responsible for paying $362 of that total cost.

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

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    How do doctors determine whether varicose vein treatment is medically necessary? ... 1-877-486-2048 and talk with a Medicare representative about coverage and cost.

  4. Varicose veins - Wikipedia

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    Possible medical procedures include sclerotherapy, laser surgery, and vein stripping. [2] [1] However, recurrence is common following treatment. [2] Varicose veins are very common, affecting about 30% of people at some point in their lives. [8] [3] [9] They become more common with age. [3] Women develop varicose veins about twice as often as ...

  5. Health care rationing - Wikipedia

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    Treatments under £20,000 per QALY gained are considered cost-effective, but those above £30,000 per QALY are rarely approved. Individuals who are able to do so may also pay for private treatments beyond what the NHS offers, but low-income people largely have equal access to health care.

  6. Vascular surgery - Wikipedia

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    Arterial and venous disease treatment by angiography, stenting, and non-operative varicose vein treatment sclerotherapy, endovenous laser treatment have largely replaced major surgery in many first world countries. These procedures provide reasonable outcomes that are comparable to surgery with the advantage of short hospital stay (day or ...

  7. CHIVA method - Wikipedia

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    CHIVA method is a type of surgery used to treat varicose veins that occur as a result of long term venous insufficiency. [1] The term is a French acronym for Conservatrice Hémodynamique de l'Insuffisance Veineuse en Ambulatoire (ambulatory conservative hemodynamic treatment venous insufficiency).

  8. Vein stripping - Wikipedia

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    Vein stripping is a surgical procedure done under general or local anaesthetic to aid in the treatment of varicose veins and other manifestations of chronic venous disease. The vein "stripped" (pulled out from under the skin using minimal incisions) is usually the great saphenous vein. The surgery involves making incisions (usually the groin ...

  9. Condemned inmate could face 'surgery without anesthesia' if ...

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    Missouri's execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn't work, lawyers for a death row inmate ...