WHAT IS SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APPLICATION OF PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY HAVE IN THE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS?
Photodynamic therapy is a much more effective method than just sclerosis with polydocanol foam or Nd:YAG laser alone for the treatment of varicose veins.
Photodynamic therapy prevents the effects caused by the laser in the perivenous tissue, as demonstrated by Saddick, N., and provides greater safety in the duration of the therapeutic effect in light of the possible recannalisations that commonly appear after chemical sclerotherapy.
Moreover, the optimisation of the Nd:YAG laser as a result of the improved absorption coefficient of the heater and the extraordinary increase in optical transmission that produces the polydocanol foam, permits the treatment of varicose veins without a limitation in terms of vein diameter and with increased safety for the skin.