Phlebology is the medical discipline dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of all aspects of varicose veins in lower extremities from cosmetic spider veins to complicated stasis ulcers.

It has to be said clearly that the varicose veins can neither be underestimated, nor they can be treated as a cosmetic defect.

They can cause an illness with serious consequences and can change the life a patient even if they develop very slowly or gradually or they can be hardly seen.

No varicose vein, after it has already developed, will go away by itself. However, if we will apply systematic treatment of them, further changes can be prevented.

The faster the treatment of varicose veins starts the better. Today there are two methods of treating varicose veins.

The first is a non-invasive method, the so-called conservative method, for example wearing specially designed pressure pantyhose.

The second one is a "corrective" method such as EVLT, an ambulatory phlebectomy or ultrasound guided sclerotherapy. In many cases, combinations of all of these methods are used.

Currently there are only sixteen (16) ABPh diplomates  in Illinois and 248 diplomates nationwide.