Endovenous Ablation Outstrips Ligation
Re: "Should You Add Varicose Vein Procedures?" (June, page 39). Thanks, Dr. Rosenberg, for a great article that may be news to many practitioners. As an RN in sales for custom interventional trays, I have come to work with many vascular surgeons as well as interventional radiologists performing the laser variation of this procedure. As a former surgical nurse for 19 years, I remember all of the saphenous vein ligations and strippings we used to do. First, we had a fully reusable stripping set with different size dilators and strippers. We moved up the ladder with the fully disposable system, but the patient still had the same pain and ugly scar results. Endovenous ablation is really a great way to obliterate these nasty veins, and to do it simply, safely and in a pain-free amount of time.

Jude Johnston, RN
Clinical Specialist, Sterile Products Division
Custom Medical Specialties
Pine Level, N.C.
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