The over 250 patients treated so far in the Ippocrate Vein Clinic center in Parma with ecotherapy appreciate above all the non-invasiveness of the technique and the fact that they can immediately return to daily activities.

More than 4 thousand cases in the world, over 250 in the Ippocrate Vein Clinic center in Parma alone with a success rate of the methodology of 95 – 97%. These are the numbers of HIFU ecotherapy, the ultrasound treatment introduced about two years ago to treat varicose veins in a non-invasive way and for which the study for approval by the FDA, the Food and Drug Administration, has begun in the United States.

“In these two years – says Professor Paolo Casoni, specialist in general surgery, clinical oncology and vascular surgery, regional representative for Emilia Romagna, and former vice president of the Italian Phlebological Association, medical director of the Ippocrate Vein Clinic Center in Parma – the technique has also spread to other clinical fields such as oncology. We have reached the third generation of the Sonovein machine used for ecotherapy, which allows greater precision and increasingly rapid treatment times. Even in 3 – 5% of cases where the response on the vein was not what was expected, the technique was repeated and was successful.”

Ecotherapy can be used in 80 – 85% of patients with varicose veins and allows them to be eliminated with outpatient sessions, without scarring, without the risk of infections and immediately returning to normal daily life. All advantages that are appreciated by patients who until a few years ago had to undergo invasive surgical techniques.

“We have patients – continues Professor Casoni – who arrive from all over Italy and who undergo the treatment in one or two days and can return home and resume their work and their daily activities without problems. If you consider that up to a few Years ago recovery times were quite long, you can understand how this constitutes an important benefit.”

Two years after its introduction, ecotherapy is practiced in around twenty centers around the world; in Italy, for the moment, only at the Ippocrate Center in Parma. But the goal is to spread the technique as much as possible, training doctors and collaborating with the French company that created the machine, Theraclion, to make it smarter and more accessible.

(Adnkronos)