If the management for a particular condition involves different specialties like Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Diseases, Dermatology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, it can be difficult for the physician to guide a confused patient to the right direction of therapy and management. Therefore, physicians from the different faculties of medicine should have an overview of the disease. Varicose veins are subcutaneous dilated, tortuous veins greater than three millimeters in diameter. They may involve the saphenous veins, saphenous tributaries, or non-saphenous superficial leg veins.
The following article will outline the various complications associated with this peripheral vascular disease called varicose vein and its management. Symptoms Varicose veins generally do not cause any severe pain. Common presentation includes: Veins that are dark purple…
