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Tony: ALOHA.
WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING 808."
VARICOSE VEINS ARE COMMON HEALTH
ISSUES FOR SEENERS AND ANYONE
WHO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WORKING
ON THEIR FEET.
Trini: IF LEFT UNTREATED,
IT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS HEALTH
PROBLEMS.
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT A NEW
PROCEDURE THAT COULD HELP
VARICOSE VEINS.
John: CALLED CLARIVEIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
A NEW PROCEDURE, NEW TOOL.
YES.
RECENTLY DEVELOPED.
AND IT IS VIRTUALLY NO DOWN
TIME.
NO A ANESTHESIA REQUIRED AND NO
PAIN AFTERWARDS.
IT'S A SMALL DEVICE WE PUT
INSIDE THE VEIN.
AND WHAT IT HAS IS A LITTLE
ROTATING WIRE IN THERE.
WE DO SHOOT SOMETHING TO CLOSE
THE VEIN.
IT TAKES 15, 20 MINUTES TO DO.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE
WERE DOING BEFORE WITH LASER
TREATMENT OR CLOSURE OF VEIN.
HOWEVER, THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE AN
NECESSARYANESTHESIA AT ALL AND PATIENT
WILL HAVE PRETTY MUCH NO PAIN.
John: CLEARLY YOU DON'T
HAVE IN I PAIN.
EXACTLY.
THE PROCEDURE ITSELF IS
PAINLESS.
AND AFTERWARDS, PATIENT DOES
WEAR COMPRESSION SOCKING WHICH
WE REQUIRE.
AND THEY CAN GO TO WORK THE SAME
DAY AND HAVE NO DISCOMFORT.
John: THE RECOVERY TIME,
YOU CAN GO BACK TO WORK.
NO DOWN TIME.
EVEN WITH THE LASER PROCEDURE,
THERE WAS HARDLY ANY DOWN TIME.
WE HAD PATIENTS GO BACK TO WORK
THE NEXT DAY.
THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER.
IT IS APPROVED BY INSURANCES,
BUT NOT ALL ON THIS ISLAND.
WE'RE OFFERING TO THOSE THAT
HAVE THE SPECIFIC INSURANCE
COVERCOVERAGE FOR IT.
IT'S LIMITED NOW.
HOWEVER, FOR PATIENTS THAT DO
REQUIRE THIS PROCEDURE, I WOULD
RECOMMEND IT OVER THE LASER
PROCEDURE.
John: THIS IS ANOTHER
PROCEDURE IN THE ARSENAL THAT
YOU CARRY HERE.
WHY WOULD SOMEBODY CHOOSE THIS
ONE?
IT WOULD DEPEND UPON OUR
EVALUATION.
WE WOULD DO TO A DIAGNOSTIC
EVALUATION.
AND WE'LL DETERMINE, IS THIS
PATIENT A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR
THIS PROCEDURE?
OR SHALL WE GO BACK TO LASER AND
OTHER METHODS TO TREAT THE
PROBLEM?
IT'S ANOTHER TOOL, AS YOU SAID,
THAT WE CAN USE TO TREAT THE
PROBLEMS OF VARICOSE VEIN.
REALLY, THE MORE TOOLS WE HAVE,
THE BETTER THE PATIENT WILL HAVE
AN OUTCOME.
John: YOU HAVE NEW STUFF.
THE TOOL IS NOT HARD TO USE BUT
YOU'RE A PRO AT IT.
YES.
WE ARE ONE OF THE CENTERS DOING
THIS PROCEDURE, AND HOPEFULLY
BECAUSE INSURANCE WILL START
COMING ONBOARD, AND APPROVING
THESE PROCEDURES, IT WILL
INCREASE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
John: WHAT SHOULD DOCTORS
LOOK FOR WHEN CHOOSING A DOCTOR?
I WOULD MAKE SURE THEY'RE
PART OF THE AMERICAN BOARD.
THEY'VE DONE A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF PROCEDURE AND DO A
FULL EVALUATION IN REGARDS TO
THE BETTER-- PATIENT'S CONDITION
AND DISCUSS WHAT KIND OF RESULTS
WE'RE TRYING TO AIM FOR.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, A DOCTOR
THAT'S DEDICATED IN HIS PRACTICE
OF TREATING THIS.
PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WOULD LOOK
FOR IN A PHYSICIAN.
John: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLARIVEIN.
WITH DR. CHUNG.
Trini: THIS IS HUGE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM
VARICOSE VEIN THINK IT'S
UNSIGHTLY.
BUT IF YOU DON'T TREAT IT, IT
COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR YOUR
HEALTH.
THESE NEW PROCEDURES ARE LIFE
CHANGING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
Tony: AMAZING THE
TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE.
Trini: GREAT.
AND IF YOU'RE MEDICAL CAN COVER