1. Complications of sclerotherapy are rare but can include blood clots and ulceration. 2. The two main therapeutic approaches are variceal ligation or banding and sclerotherapy . 3. In some cases stroke and transient ischemic attacks have occurred after sclerotherapy . 4. But sclerotherapy , some say, should not be used on the face. 5. Sclerotherapy eventually causes the vein to collapse and disappear in a few weeks.6. Treatment includes laser and radiofrequency ablation, and sclerotherapy . 7. Non-surgical treatments include sclerotherapy , elastic stockings, leg elevation and exercise. 8. Treatment options are usually support stockings, occasionally sclerotherapy and rarely, limited surgery. 9. Sclerotherapy is a non-invasive procedure taking only about 10 minutes to perform.10. A second European Consensus Meeting on Foam Sclerotherapy in 2006 has now been published.
