Patient's question:
Recently, my calf has been particularly painful, and sometimes it swells a little. After a thorough examination, I found that my calf has phlebitis. But I'm quite afraid of pain and want to have a minimally invasive surgery to treat it. Hello, can calf phlebitis be treated with minimally invasive surgery?Doctor's answer:
If varicose veins develop in the calf, minimally invasive surgical treatment may not be very effective, because varicose veins are not just a problem with a single local blood vessel, but rather a problem affecting most capillaries. Therefore, it is impossible to surgically remove every single blood vessel. Generally, varicose veins are primarily caused by fibrosis of granulation tissue within the blood vessels and the resulting narrowing of the vessels. As such, treatment mainly involves using anti-inflammatory drugs, medications to open up blood vessels, and drugs to expand blood vessels.