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Sclerosing agents are available as foam or in liquid form. When compared with liquid sclerosing agents, foam completely shifted the focus of sclerotherapy, particularly in the treatment of large truncal varicose veins. Foam has several distinctive features: it is solid when within vessels, occupying the space through which displaced blood flowed, and fluid while being injected; it remains within the blood vessel for a substantial amount of time; and minute quantities are able to occupy a large segment of vessel. The techniques for the different CEAP classification of veins are described.
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Figueiredo, M. (2012). Foam Sclerotherapy. In: Prendergast, P., Shiffman, M. (eds) Aesthetic Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20113-4_20
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