The Most Important Advance in Vein Treatment – Duplex Ultrasound
Ultrasound has really revolutionised the way that doctors treat varicose veins and related conditions. We do not use just an ordinary ultrasound machine — the machine that you might be familiar with diagnosing gallstones or looking at pregnant mothers and their babies — this is a special sort of ultrasound called duplex.
Now what do I mean by “duplex”? Well the ultrasound builds up a picture of the structures the blood vessels the veins so that we can see it on the screen but then it also superimposes the flow of blood … Continue reading »