Phlebology (vascular surgery)
Phlebology (vascular surgery) at DIEVO is an advanced diagnosis and treatment of vein and artery diseases using modern minimally invasive methods. The center’s vascular surgeons select an individual treatment based on the study of the venous hemodynamics of a particular patient.
Phlebological disease
Varicose Veins: signs and symptoms
- Heaviness and fatigue of the legs at the end of the day.
- Swelling of the legs at the end of the day which disappears in the morning after night’s rest.
- Easily damaged skin.
- Night-time leg cramps.
- Discoloration of legs.
- Presence of “spider veins” a network of veins representing the shape of a spider web or a star shape.
Vascular Surgeon word of advice
What can happen if varicose veins are left untreated?
It’s always better to prevent a disease than to treat it, unfortunately not every patient is diagnosed in early stages of the disease.
The earliest warning indicators to visit a vascular surgeon is feeling of fatigue in the legs at the end of the day, feeling heaviness of lower extremities and swelling of the ankles. These symptoms usually disappear after resting horizontally or elevating the legs for some time.
In the second stage of varicose veins, by touching and palpating your legs, you can easily feel veins and nodules forming after prolonged sitting or standing. At this stage the risk of blood clot formation increases.
At the third stage of varicose veins patients can suffer from a constant swelling of the legs that starts around the late afternoon which does NOT completely resolve after night sleep even with elevation of lower extremities.
The fourth stage is represented by discoloration of the skin of the lower extremities and skin atrophy might appear at this point.
Patients at the fifth stage of varicose veins usually present with trophic ulcers that are capable of healing giving time and care.
The 6th stage is characterized by chronic trophic ulcers that are NOT capable of healing and are easily complicated by infection.
Our approaches and methods of treatment
Expert consultations of Vascular Surgery at DIEVO
All medical procedures are performed by qualified specialized vascular surgeons of DIEVO, who have advanced diagnostic methods and are capable of providing healthcare according to latest international guidelines and technologies.
At DIEVO vascular surgeons successfully perform operations using minimally invasive methods that are done through small punctures which in turn result in minimum scarring.
We also at DIEVO perform scarless removal of varicose veins.
The main scope of Vascular surgery department at DIEVO:
- Diagnostics and treatment of varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, thrombosis, phlebitis and telangiectasia.
- Modern non-invasive methods of treatment of varicose veins: endo-venous laser coagulation of veins (EVLA), mini-phlebectomy, phlebectomy, sclerotherapy.
- Diagnosis and treatment of arterial diseases.
- Diagnostics and surgical treatment of vascular compression disorder, thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Initial visit to phlebologist at the DIEVO center:
For out specialists, the main aspect in the approach to the treatment of diseases in modern vascular surgery is painless diagnosis. This can be achieved by ultrasound duplex scanning of vessels of the legs. This type of examination is performed at the initial consultation during the patient’s examination. Treatment strategy is selected on individual bases depending on the results obtained during examination and patient’s venous hemodynamics.
Our doctors
Barna Ivan Yevhenovych
Vascular surgeon
Abu Shamsia Rami Nuamanovich
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Doctor of the highest category, surgeon, phlebologist, oncologist.
