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Tratamiento no invasivo de venas varicosas - Recovery

Nombres alternativos

Escleroterapia; Terapia con láser para venas varicosas; Ablación venosa por radiofrecuencia; Ablación térmica endovenosa; Flebotomía transiluminada; Ablación endovenosa con láser; Terapia de venas varicosas

Después del procedimiento:

Las piernas pueden envolverse con vendajes para controlar la hinchazón y el sangrado durante 2 a 3 días después del tratamiento.

Por lo regular, los pacientes pueden reanudar sus actividades normales más o menos en un día después de muchos de estos tratamientos. Será necesario que use medias de compresión durante el día por una semana después del tratamiento.

El médico puede mirar dentro de la pierna usando una ecografía unos días después del tratamiento para verificar que la vena esté sellada.

Pronóstico:

Estos tratamientos normalmente son muy efectivos, reducen el dolor y también son una buena manera de mejorar la apariencia de la pierna. Muchos de estos tratamientos causan muy poca cicatrización, hematomas o hinchazón.

Para prevenir la reaparición de las venas varicosas, es importante que usted utilice medias de descanso.

  • Reviewed last on: 1/25/2011
  • Shabir Bhimji, MD, PhD, Specializing in General Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Midland, TX. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Freischlag JA, Heller JA. Venous disease. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 68.

Nijsten T, van den Bos RR, Goldman MP, et al. Minimally invasive techniques in the treatment of saphenous varicose veins. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Jan 2009;60(1).

Van den Bos R, Arends L, Kockaert M, Neumann M, Nijsten T. Endovenous therapies of lower extremity varicosities: a meta-analysis. J Vasc Surg. 2009;49:230-239.

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