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  2. Polidocanol - Wikipedia

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    Polidocanol is also used as a sclerosant, an irritant injected to treat varicose veins, under the trade names Asclera, Aethoxysklerol [5] and Varithena. [6] Polidocanol causes fibrosis inside varicose veins, occluding the lumen of the vessel, and reducing the appearance of the varicosity.

  3. Anterior accessory saphenous vein - Wikipedia

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    The anterior accessory saphenous vein is a special anterior tributary of the great saphenous vein (GSV), draining the antero-lateral face of the thigh.. It becomes very often insufficient, causing important varicose veins with an autonomous course and often is the only insufficient vein present on a patient.

  4. Trendelenburg operation - Wikipedia

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    A Trendelenburg operation is a surgical procedure conducted for the treatment of varicose veins. It is the juxtafemoral flush ligation of the great saphenous vein to the femoral vein . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  5. Recovery model - Wikipedia

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    In general medicine and psychiatry, recovery has long been used to refer to the end of a particular experience or episode of illness.The broader concept of "recovery" as a general philosophy and model was first popularized in regard to recovery from substance abuse/drug addiction, for example within twelve-step programs or the California Sober method.

  6. Virtual reality therapy - Wikipedia

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    Virtual reality therapy (VRT) was pioneered and originally termed by Max North documented by the first known publication (Virtual Environment and Psychological Disorders, Max M. North, and Sarah M. North, Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture, 2,4, July 1994), his doctoral VRT dissertation completion in 1995 (began in 1992), and followed with the first known published VRT book in 1996 (Virtual ...

  7. Inversion recovery - Wikipedia

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    Inversion recovery is a magnetic resonance imaging sequence that provides high contrast between tissue and lesion. It can be used to provide high T1 weighted image, high T2 weighted image, and to suppress the signals from fat , blood , or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

  8. Drug rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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    The definition of recovery remains divided and subjective in drug rehabilitation, as there are no set standards for measuring recovery. [35] The Betty Ford Institute defined recovery as achieving complete abstinence as well as personal well-being [36] while other studies have considered "near abstinence" as a definition. [37]

  9. Interstitial nephritis - Wikipedia

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    In most cases of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis, the function of the kidneys will return after the harmful drug is discontinued, or when the underlying disease is cured by treatment. If the illness is caused by an allergic reaction, a corticosteroid may speed the recovery kidney function; however, this is often not the case.