Yamaki Takashi
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center), School of Medicine
   Position   Professor
Language English
Category Chapter contribution
Title Treatment of varicose veins by ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy.
Book title Varicose Veins: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments.
Editor Nelson AL
Edition, Volume, Page 1,pp.125-142
PublisherNova Publishers
Publication place
(City and country)
Hauppauge, NY, USA
Author and coauthor Yamaki Takashi
Publication date 2011/12
Summary After the introduction of foam form of sclerosing solution, foam sclerotherapy rapidly gained its popularity. Nowadays, variety of venous disorder can be treated with foam sclerotherapy with low rate of adverse events. This Chapter presents the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins and updates previous publications.