07/20/10 — The Daily Mail, London, England
Millions of Britons suffer from varicose veins. Cindy Bourne, 55, from near Rochester in Kent, who runs a plastering business with her husband Stewart, underwent a new, less painful procedure, as she tells CAROL DAVIS....
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05/17/10 — The Medical News,
Patients who received radiofrequency ablation for varicose veins reported less post-procedural pain than those treated with endovenous laser ablation....
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06/10/09 — Science Park News, Southamptom, England
The UK NHS National Innovation Centre has identified the VNUS Closure procedure as a select innovative technology that is bringing benefits to the National Health Service (NHS) hospitals and patients...
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04/17/09 — Innovation, London, England
Successful innovation starts with identifying a need. It then grows the solution to that need and shares the results. The NIC can support commercial innovators at each of these stages....
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04/16/09 — BBC News, Newport, South Wales
A new, simpler operation to remove varicose veins which allows the patient to leave hospital the same day has become available in parts of Wales. ...
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04/06/09 — Pendle Today, Burnley, England
A RADICAL new way of treating varicose veins is being pioneered at Burnley General Hospital. People who need vein surgery can now choose the VNUS Closure System, which allows surgeons to treat patients more conveniently and speeds up recovery....
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03/26/09 — BBC News, North West, England
A new way to remove varicose veins has reduced the recovery time dramatically and can be carried out using a local anaesthetic. ...
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02/17/09 — BBC News, Bristol, England
Margaret Short is one of five million people in the UK who suffered from painful varicose veins. Today she is preparing to have a new technique called VNUS Closure to remove them. ...
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10/17/08 — BBC Look North, Yorkshire, England
This is a leg with damaged veins that needs surgery. Her sister experienced a traditional operation put Julie off seeking help for years. With a full time job and three children, by evening her legs are aching....
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09/30/08 — BBC News, London, England
This is what varicose vein looks like and it can be extremely painful. Its owner, Rosemary Hards, will have it removes, but having an operation under general anaesthetic doesn't really appealed. ...
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09/30/08 — BBC News, Cornwall, England
Now a "walk-in, walk-out" procedure, which takes less than an hour, is being used on patients at the West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance. ...
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09/30/08 — BBC News, Cornwall, England
Until now treatments involve general anesthetic and surgical removal of the veins as well as the long recovery period. Now she can has the surgery in less than an hour and awakes through the whole procedure....
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09/18/08 — BBC South East, Kent, England
Around 5 million of us are like Fritz who have varicose veins that need treating before they cause more complicated medical problems. Rather than stripping out the broken vein, this system uses a heated catheter to kill the walls of the vein....
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07/29/08 — BBC East Midlands, Nottingham, England
It's an anxious wait for Ann Pepper as she is about to under go a new type of procedure for varicose veins....
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06/27/08 — Isle of Wight County Press, Newport, Isle of Wight
Traditional vein-stripping surgery often left patients unable to drive for a week, while a full recovery could take up to a fortnight. But people who undergo a new procedure at Newport's St Mary’s Hospital can, quite literally, walk off the operating table....
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06/23/08 — BBC News, Nottingham, England
About five million people in the UK has varicose veins and Eric Collins is one of them. Today, he is undergoing a new technique call VNUS Closure to remove them....
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06/23/08 — BBC News, Southampton, England
A new treatment for varicose veins which allows patients to walk within minutes of the operation is being offered on the Isle of Wight. The technique involves veins being heated with radio waves instead of them having to be removed. ...
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05/06/08 — NHS Trust, Nottingham, England
Vascular surgeons at Nottingham University Hospitals are performing a new keyhole operation for varicose veins under local anaesthetic, with patients able to go home within hours of having the procedure....
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