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Vein Stripping
(veinstripping.co.uk)
This website explains vein stripping is for Varicose Veins and why the
latest research shows it should NEVER be done.
What is Stripping?
Stripping is the method by which a main vein in the leg is removed. The
veins that are usually stripped are the Great Saphenous Vein (GSV) and the
Small Saphenous Vein (SSV).
In stripping, an incision is made over the top of the vein, where it has a
junction with a deeper vein. The top of the vein is cut away at this
junction and the stump tied (the "High Tie"). The vein then has a wire or
"stripper" passed down it, and this is brought to the surface lower down
in the leg.
The vein is tied to the stripper and, when the stripper is removed, the
vein is stripped out.
What is wrong with stripping?
There are several reasons that stripping should not be done including:
- The vein often grows back again
- Unnecessary incisions
- Unnecessary pain and bruising
- Unnecessary general anaesthetic
- Unnecessary time off work
- There are better techniques available
These are all explained on the next page.
The Whiteley Clinic has been at the forefront of the pinhole vein
revolution, introducing pin hole vein surgery into the UK in March 1999,
and having invented and developed many of the new techniques.
We specialise in treating veins using the best method available, and
identifying which technique is best for which pattern of veins. Many
surgeons or clinics decide to use one technique - stripping OR Laser OR
Radiofrequency OR Foam sclerotherapy. However if you only have a hammer,
the whole world becomes a nail!!!! At The Whiteley Clinic we use every
technique that is available that we are confident works well, and
identifies which technique or combination of techniques is optimal for
each of our patients.
As a specialist centre, a large number of our patients are people how have
had surgery elsewhere using stripping techniques, or the newer techniques
but only in the larger and simpler veins. When veins come back in such
cases, we often find that the veins have grown back due to the stripping,
or more complex patterns have been missed by more "traditional" surgeons -
such as pelvic vein reflux feeding into the legs, or perforator vein
incompetence.
We are happy to see all such patients, fully investigate the reasons for
the recurrence of the varicose veins and then choose the optimal technique
available to treat them as a walk in walk out procedure. Of course we are
also very happy to see people with varicose veins who haven't had any
treatment before - in such people we can offer the optimal treatment
immediately!!!
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