Letter S

Stripping

The problematic veins are 'stripped' out by passing a flexible device through the vein and removing it through an incision near the groin.

Smaller tributaries of these veins also are stripped with this device or removed through a series of small incisions.

Those veins that connect to the deeper veins are then tied off.

This stripping method has been used since the 1950's

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