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Sclerotherapy for Varicose Veins

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Sclerotherapy is the term used to describe the process of injecting sclerosant into varicose veins to cause obliteration of its endothelium, thus resulting in closure of veins. Sclerotherapy aims to achieve endoluminal damage and cause vein wall fibrosis [1–5].

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  1. Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana, India

    Tarun Grover

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

    Ajay K. Khanna

  2. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, India

    Ravul Jindal

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Grover, T. (2018). Sclerotherapy for Varicose Veins. In: Khanna, A., Jindal, R. (eds) Venous Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1108-6_6

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