EVLA is a new method of treating varicose veins with laser

EVLA is a new method of treating varicose veins without surgery. Instead of tying and removing the abnormal veins,they are heated by a laser. The heat kills the walls of the veins and the body then naturally absorbs the dead tissue and the abnormal veins are destroyed. It can be carried out in a simple treatment room rather than an operating theatre.

 How does it work?
EVLA is performed under local anaesthetic, there is no need for a General Anaesthetic- in fact using General Anaesthetic to perform Endovenous  Laser Ablation:

  adds the risk of an unnecessary general anaesthetic
 adds extra cost (for the anaesthetist and general anaesthetic theatre equipment and theatre)

 To perform EVLA, the surgeon needs a map of the veins to show which ones are the problem. This map is made using Duplex Ultrasound.
At the EVLA procedure, the surgeon uses ultrasound to find the vein to be treated. The veins that can be treated are the main venous trunks of the legs:

 Great Saphenous Vein (GSV)
Small Saphenous Vein (SSV)

 Their major tributaries such as the Anterior Accessory Saphenous Veins.
Under ultrasound control, a needle is put into the vein near the knee or ankle. A wire is passed into the vein and a long ‘sheath’ is passed up the vein to the top. This ‘sheath’ is a thin tube about the width of a biro refill.
The ultrasound is used to position the end of the sheath exactly.
Local anaesthetic is injected around the vein – again using ultrasound to make absolutely sure the fluid is in the right place. The local anaesthetic fluid has 3 uses:
Local anaesthetic numbs the vein and the surrounding tissue
Adrenaline in the mixture causes the vein to contract onto the laser sheath giving good contact
The volume of fluid disperses the laser energy – making sure the tissues around the vein are not harmed when the vein is destroyed by heat.

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