Varicose vein surgery-Jan C.

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Jan C.

I also asked about the other vein taken out of the groin for " relieving " the

varicose veins. He said it is NOT taken out, but the valve in the groin is tied

with a stitch so no more blood flows through it, but the vein stays intact in

the leg (if they ever need it). This is a man that was a surgeon in the major

hospitals before he turned to varicosities, so he knows. He said alot of times

for heart bypass these days, the doctors use the mammary artery (going to the

woman's breast or still to the man's *supposed* breasts) which is closer to the

heart and it works twice as good as the vein in the leg or arm.

Beth

laemax@... wrote:

>

>

> Beth, I had my left leg " done " in 1992 and most of the scars are faded but

> all new vericose veins have grown back. They told me they are only using one

> leg because of the need for that vein if they ever did heart bypass. I

> would look into the needle therapy before I would cut. For me it was not

> worth it... Jan C. 3-11-98 RNY

> Varicose vein surgery

>

> >From: beth12@...

> >

> >Has anybody had the varicose vein therapy and/or surgery in here? I'm

> getting

> >ready to get these " road maps " taken care of on my legs and get rid of them

> for

> >GOOD!

> >

> >The only thing I worry about is that this surgery involves taking the

> saphenous

> >vein from the leg to reduce the pressure so that varicosities won't come

> back.

> >Does anybody have a medical background that knows if the saphenous vein is

> used

> >when they bypass a heart? Or is this vein the one that they use in the

> groin

> >when they do heart catherization? I don't want to get rid of a " important "

> vein

> >like that just to get rid of some " road maps " , but.........

> >

> >Thanks for whatever information you can supply. I've been all over the web

> and

> >back to find information, but I'm running into " dead ends " about what they

> do

> >with the saphenous vein.

> >

> >Beth

> >

> >

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