By Robert Kiser, DO, MSPH Vulvar varicosities are a source of embarrassment and pain for many women but they are often reluctant to discuss their condition or symptoms with their doctors. These varicosities can easily be missed in casual examination, as they are less obvious in the supine position and may not be seen until … Read more →

The term Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) describes a condition that affects the venous system of the lower extremities with venous hypertension causing various pathologies including pain, swelling, edema, skin changes, and ulcerations. Although the term CVI is often used to exclude uncomplicated varicose veins, varicose veins have incompetent valves with increased venous pressure leading to … Read more →

Venous disease ranges in severity from the unsightly, such as spider and varicose veins, to the life-altering, such as chronic venous insuffi-ciency (CVI). In CVI, failing valves in leg veins can’t do their job of pushing blood up against the forces of gravity toward the heart. As a result, blood pools in the lower legs … Read more →

As the holiday season approaches many travelers will soon clog highways and airports. No matter what the mode of transportation, sitting motionless for long periods may put some travelers at increased risk for deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot in a vein deep within the muscles, usually in the calf or thigh. But people … Read more →

Center for Vein Restoration cordially invites you to a CME Event: Chronic Venous Insufficiency 3.0 Category One CME Credits It’s a problem affecting 10-20 percent of all adults, including patients in your practice: chronic venous insufficiency, the often undiagnosed medical condition behind varicose veins and spider veins (telangliectasia). Venous insufficiency affects a broad range of … Read more →

This questionnaire is a helpful tool to assess whether you have chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), also known as venous reflux disease. This disease is one of the most undertreated and under diagnosed diseases in the United States with more 24 million Americans affected. Many of these individuals are unaware of the specific cause of their … Read more →

Leg swelling, or edema, as it is called in the medical profession is a common condition that plagues many of our community members. Edema can afflict both men and woman and adults of all ages. Edema can be caused by many different factors so it is crucial to work with your primary care doctor and … Read more →

Fortunately, treatment no longer means a hospital stay or a long, uncomfortable recovery. Minimally invasive techniques allow varicose veins or its cause venous insufficiency to be dealt with by a specialist in a physician’s office with minimal discomfort and within one hour. Self-help measures such as exercising, losing weight, using compression stockings and avoiding long … Read more →

Sklerosis: from the Greek, a hardening or induration of a tissue or part. Therapeia: from the Greek, treatment of disease or disorder as by some remedial or restorative process Sclerotherapy is a somewhat broad-based term to describe the medical technique of introducing medication into a vein for the purpose of shutting down and eliminating it. Typically this … Read more →

Venous insufficiency most commonly presents as recurrent aching and unreasonable tiredness of the legs. This disease entity may also present with leg swelling. All too often these symptoms develop surreptitiously over years, so most patients may just take their presence as an integral part of aging. Commonly women and men first notice only the cosmetic presentations … Read more →