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My leg has not felt this good in a long time,” raved one patient after treatment at
the Richmond Vein Center.
As this patient demonstrates, varicose veins are not simply a matter of vanity.
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Rather, “superficial venous reflux” causes very real physical problems. Bulging
varicose and spider veins indicate that some of the blood that has been pumped into
the legs has pooled there, causing pain, heaviness, fatigue, throbbing discomfort,
and open sores that are painfully slow to heal.
Venous reflux is often misdiagnosed and overlooked. “Symptoms range from
aching leg pain and varicose veins to painful ankle ulcers,” explains Dr. Gould of
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the Richmond Vein Center.
After 30 years as a general and vascular surgeon—doing major bypass surgeries,
amputations, removing cancers, and so on—Dr. Gould has brought his experience
and his commitment of healing to this new specialty. At the Richmond Vein Center,
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he and his staff concentrate on vein care only. They use the VNUS Closure procedure,
a minimally invasive alternative to traditional stripping. It’s relatively painless, and
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is performed in the doctor’s office in under an hour, using local anesthesia. “We’ve
done over 2,000 of these procedures,” he says, more than any other vein clinic in
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“The Closure procedure has revolutionized the practice of venous therapy,”
Dr. Gould explains. “It has become my treatment choice for venous reflux disease
because it avoids incisions and results in immediate return to normal activities for
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He remembers one of the first patients that he treated with the new procedure.
The man was in his late 30s, a teacher during the week and a contractor on the
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weekends. “He had varicose veins, and his legs were achy…. [After the procedure,]
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he came back, and he said to me, ‘I have to tell you, this is the first time that I can
recall not having to carry cinder blocks around on my legs when I walk!’ It’s the
heaviness,” the doctor explains. “The blood is pooling in the legs, the calves stretch,
the nerves stretch, there is fluid that collects in the lower legs. That’s why these
people come back spunky and happy that they have their legs back. Relieving them
of these symptoms is so gratifying.”
Because many of these problems involve pain, slow-healing sores, and other
long-term implications, treatment is often covered by insurance. At the Richmond
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