AFTER CARE OF YOUR ENDOVENOUS ABLATION PROCEDURE

Now that your endovenous procedure is complete, you may resume normal activities with a few exceptions and suggestions:

• You are encouraged to walk every day. Walking will help the leg’s recovery process.
• Please refrain from swimming, using a hot tub bath for 72 hours following the procedure.
• You may shower and clean the treated leg, but try to avoid submerging the leg in water.
• Please refrain from vigorous gym exercise or running for 72 hours.
• Do not fly for a week.
• Remove bandages after two days.
• It is advisable to wear compression stockings for the next 10 to14 days, taking them off to shower but leaving them on for the rest of the day.
• It is ok to remove them at night and elevating your leg on a pillow.
• It is normal to experience some tenderness and possible bruising in the area where local anaesthesia is injected.

Call us immediately (emergency number ) if you experience any of the following:

• Prolonged tenderness, redness or warmth along the treated segment.
• Moderate to severe pain preventing return to normal activities.
• Shortness of breath.
• Swelling in the treated limb..