What is Foam Sclerotherapy?
The gold standard of treatment for spider veins clinics in NJ is non-surgical treatments including endovenous laser vein ablation and endovenous radiofrequency ablation. Both forms of treatment are catheter based technologies performed using ultrasound guided percutaneous entry. However, ablation is not suitable for all patients due to variable presentations of vein disease and antatomical considerations. In fact, contra-indications to catheter based treatment include: 1) superficial veins close to the skin 2) proximal nerves or arterial circulation 3) tortuous veins. In these instances, a more suitable treatment is microfoam delivery of polidocanol, otherwise known as foam sclerotherapy . The difference between foam sclerotherapy and the more common and well-known sclerotherapy is the compounding of the sclerosant with mixture of air (nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide). The elements are in variable concentrations and allow for the liquid sclerosant to be compounded in