Sclerotherapy for Asymptomatic varicose veins in the contralateral leg

Varicose veins are known to be bilateral. The varicose veins may be more prominent on one side and symptomatic and on the other side they may be asymptomatic. After surgery for the symptomatic varicose veins the patients would be getting rid of the asymptomatic varicose veins on the opposite side. In such cases it may be helpful to consider sclerotherapy to such varicose veins if they are suitable for it. Recently we have treated such patients sclerosants and the results are satisfactory with satisfaction from the patients. The proper dilution of the sclerosant is more important in such patients to get the best results in terms of obliteration of the varicose veins which are 3 to 5 mm in diameter. The veins disappeared immediately after the sclerotherapy and remained so in the follow up of 3 months.