What happens before vein stripping?

Vein stripping and vein ligation are often named together, and preparing for them is easy to confuse with the operation itself. This page answers only the first question, which is what happens before.

Start with your own provider's instructions

my.clevelandclinic.org states: "Your healthcare provider will give you specific instructions to prepare for the procedure." The steps you follow come from your provider.

Preparation set beside the procedure

Preparation covers the time before the procedure begins, and the procedure covers what happens once it has started. Keeping the two apart helps you ask the right question at the right visit. If you live around Tinley Park, Orland Park or Mokena, take that question to your own provider's office.

Background on venous disease from the same publisher

For background on the condition behind the procedure, this overview of venous disease from my.clevelandclinic.org is a sensible place to start. The same publisher also covers varicose veins, their symptoms and causes and the wider range of venous disease treatments.

The question this raises next is what happens during vein stripping, which has its own answer.