Recent Articles About Vein Health
What are Varicose Veins and Can They Be Prevented? (Part 2 of 2)
Dr. Nichols advises that anyone who has pain, swelling, or discoloration of the legs should come in for an initial evaluation.
What are Varicose Veins and Can They Be Prevented? (Part 1 of 2)
Varicose veins are the large ropy veins that you see on the legs. According to Dr. Nichols, varicose veins are a result of vein disease.
Part 5 of 5-Part Series: Varithena® Sclerotherapy
Truncal leg veins, including the great saphenous and small saphenous veins, are deeper, are not usually visible, and tend to feed varicose veins.
Part 4 of 5-Part Series: Varithena® Sclerotherapy
Dr. Cornwell advises patients to continue to wear supportive compression-type garments routinely, beyond the initial 24-hours of wearing an ACETM wrap.
Part 3 of 5-Part Series: Varithena® Sclerotherapy
Dr. Cornwell characterizes the process as “mostly painless.” He says that the initial needle stick will “hurt a little bit, like a blood draw,” but once it is in position, the patient usually does not feel the needle.
Part 2 of 5-Part Series: Varithena® Procedure
Michael Cornwell, MD, FACS, is the Lead Physician in the Bensalem, PA, and Horsham, PA, Center for Vein Restoration (CVR) locations.
Part One of Five: What is Varithena®?
Center for Vein Restoration (CVR) vein disease expert Michael Cornwell, MD, FACS, describes what Varithena® is and how it is used to treat varicose veins.
What is a DVT?
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is an abnormal formation of a clot (thrombus) in the veins of the leg, thigh, or pelvis. DVT can be a serious condition because blood clots in veins can break off and travel to the arteries of the lung. Known as pulmonary embolism (PE), this obstruction of the lung arteries makes it difficult to take in oxygen and can cause death. PE accounts for approximately 100,000 deaths per year in the United States.