Varicectomy is a particularly useful procedure in the surgical treatment of varicose branch veins and perforating veins, since it allows selective estirpation without affecting the main trunk of the long saphenous vein (LSV). At the same time, there is usually no need of further sclerotherapy. The operation can be performed under local anaesthesia in the outpatient's department or, if a saphenofemoral junction insufficiency has to be simultaneously removed, during a short stay in hospital. The aesthetic results are remarkable. With the help of the new delicate instruments devised by Varady, the incisions are very small, making sutures unnecessary. All the varicose veins can be removed at once, there is no loss of blood and no need for prophylaxis against thrombosis and the postoperative ecchymosis is minimal. Thus the method can also be applied in elderly patients.
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