A new surgical technique was developed in Parma for the treatment of varicose veins in the lower limbs.

In the cases of insufficiency of the great saphenous vein, the classic surgical treatment involves stripping with a crossectomy (which consists in cutting the groin) to abolish the reflux which from the femoral vein goes into saphenous during the upright position and causes varicose veins.
The surgeon Paolo Casoni, director of the Poli-lymphological Center of the Piccole Figlie Hospital, has tried another way: remove the saphenous vein without intervening with the groin cut.

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