ADVANCED VEIN TREATMENT

Advanced Vein Treatment was founded by Doctors Reza R. Dabir and Timothy L. Sell to provide safe, minimally invasive, state-of-the-art technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of venous disorders. These Doctors have a combined, greater than 30-years experience, treating patients in the Metro Detroit Area. Each patient is evaluated individually using the newest, most advanced diagnostic equipment. 

If a patient is found to have reflux in the greater or lesser saphenous vein systems [Saphenous-Femoral vein reflux], Endovenous Laser Ablation Therapy is used thus avoiding the more invasive ligation and stripping surgical procedures that have been traditionally used in the past.

Both Veinlite technology and Polarized Light technology, in combination with Duplex Ultrasound Scanning, are used to visualize the patient's leg vein anatomy and to determine the exact source of the underlying problem. This evaluation is essential and used to formulate a specific treatment plan. Advanced Vein Treatment specializes in sclerotherapy for the treatment of spider veins (or telangiectasias). Reticular (or "feeder veins") are visualized with the aid of the Veinlite and treated with direct sclerotherapy injections. Incompetent perforator veins are injected under ultrasound guidance. 

A more detailed description of these treatments can be found under Treatment.

Veins 101

The veins of the lower extremities serve two basic functions.  They are a reservoir to hold extra blood and they act as a conduit to return blood from the periphery to the heart and lungs.  There are three pathways of veins in the legs - a superficial system, a deep system which runs in the muscles, and communicating veins which connect the superficial veins with the deep veins.  Veins are passive, thin-walled distensible vessels composed of a single layer of tissue. Correct functioning depends on a complex system of valves.  These valves when, functioning normally, prevent the reflux of blood from the deep veins into the superficial system.

Venous disorders develop when venous return is impaired for any reason.  They can occur in any of the three systems or in combination.  Superficial venous incompetence is the most common form of venous disease and affects up to 25% of women, and 10% of all men.  Venous insufficiency is characterized by the development of varicose veins of the leg.  The cause of varicose veins is inefficient, faulty vein valves.  This causes blood to leak back and pool in the vein.  Because of this, blood flow from the legs back to the heart is diminished, making these veins a burden to your circulation.  These varices can cause significant discomfort and are usually cosmetically displeasing.  Symptoms typically include sharp or dull pain, leg fatigue, night cramps and heaviness or leg restlessness.  If untreated, many patients will develop leg swelling, skin changes, and eventually ulceration.