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Varicose veins


Office surgery and fast recovery for most


Varicose veins
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You've always disliked the look of the blue, gnarled varicose veins bulging from your leg. But now they seem to be causing an achy, heavy feeling in your legs that's particularly painful when you're on your feet for a while. Still, although you would like to have them removed, you don't really want to go through the pain and hassle of a complex surgery.

Fortunately, you probably won't have to. Aside from cosmetic concerns, varicose veins and spider veins don't cause pain or other problems in most people who have them.

When they do cause problems, if conservative treatment isn't enough, minimally invasive surgery is usually the next step.



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