Total Vein Care: If you have leg pain, heaviness, burning, ankle swelling and varicose veins, The Laser & Vein Treatment Center can help. For patients in Central Connecticut, we offer minimally invasive, state-of-the-art techniques to deal with even the most complex conditions. We also offer aesthetic laser procedures to eliminate unsightly veins, hair and age or sun spots. Whether you have chronic leg pain, or want to turn back the clock, Total Vein Care at The Laser & Vein Treatment Center could be the answer.
Daniel S. Schwartz, MD FACS
The Laser & Vein Treatment Center
Dr. Schwartz is an established general and vascular surgeon who has been practicing in the greater Meriden, CT area for the past 25 years. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, he received his medical degree from The Chicago Medical School and completed his residency training at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cardiovascular surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and a member of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
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Sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy is an injection treatment for small and medium-sized veins. A sclerosing solution (usually in the form of a foam) is injected directly into the problem veins with a fine needle.
The body breaks down the damaged vein and absorbs it. Treatments are approximately four weeks apart, until the desired result is achieved. Injection sclerotherapy can also be applied safely and simply for unsightly veins of the hands and feet.
Ambulatory Microphlebectomy
For large secondary varicose veins, this minimally invasive surgical technique may be recommended. This will achieve the desired cosmetic result, as well as relieve the aching, swelling and pain caused by leg varicosities. The veins are removed through small “stab” incisions. The procedure is performed on an outpatient basis, with average recovery time of one week or less.
Endovenous Closure
Normally, blood returns to the heart from the legs in part from the muscle-massaging action of walking. One-way valves in the veins prevent the blood from falling back down into the legs. If the valves are not functioning properly, however, and blood is shown (by ultrasound) to be refluxing down the leg, the result is pain, heaviness and visible varicosities.
Endovenous Closure is a new technique for “closing” the vein, rather than stripping it out surgically. Using a minimally invasive technique, a catheter is placed in the vein. Then, heat from radio frequency waves is applied, causing the vein wall to collapse. Unlike older methods that required incisions and general anesthesia, Endovenous Closure is done in an outpatient setting and requires only local anesthesia. Compression stockings are worn for several weeks after each treatment.
