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sclerotherapy
(redirected from Foam sclerotherapy)

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sclerotherapy /scle·ro·ther·a·py/ (sklēr″o-ther´ah-pe) injection of a chemical irritant into a vein to produce inflammation and eventual fibrosis and obliteration of the lumen, as for treatment of hemorrhoids.
scle·ro·ther·a·py (sklîr-thr-p)
n.
Treatment, as for varicose veins, involving the injection of a sclerosing solution into vessels or tissues.

sclerotherapy
[-ther′əpē]
Etymology: Gk, skleros, hard, therapeia, treatment
the use of sclerosing chemicals to treat varicosities such as hemorrhoids or esophageal varices. The agent produces inflammation and later fibrosis and obliteration of the lumen.

sclerotherapy (skl·rō·theˑ·r·pē),
n a treatment in which a mildly ir-ritating substance (a proliferant) is injected into osseus-ligamentous junc-tions or into weak connective tissues. The body's response to the irritant includes increased blood flow and tissue strengthening. Also called
reconstructive therapy. See also proliferant.

sclerotherapy,
n the use of sclerosing chemicals to treat such varicosities as hemorrhoids and esophageal varices.

sclerotherapy
the injection of sclerosing agents.

sclerotherapy
The use of a sclerosing agent to induce fibrous obliteration of pathologic blood vessels–eg, hemorrhoids or esophageal varices. See Endoscopic sclerotherapy, Injection sclerotherapy.


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team specializing in phlebology, the Institute offers the most up-to-date treatments, including VNUS Closure and Endovenous Laser Treatment (EVLT), two FDA-approved procedures that efficiently close varicose veins and ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy.
in addition to their non-surgical, minimally invasive COMPASS protocol of sequential ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy.
 
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